石匠

He had worked as a hire hand in the farmer, a stonemason and a punter.

他当过农场雇工、，过船夫。

The mason was chipping away at the rock with a hammer.

用锤子一点一点地把那块头击碎。

He carved marble faster than any mason.

他雕刻大理的速度比任何都快。

To get the lintels to stay inplace, the first stonemasonry techniqueswere used.

为了把楣固定不动，工们第一次运用上了技艺。

Graham grunted and heaved as he helped the masons fit a huge slab of stone into place.

格雷厄姆在帮上一块大板时因为用力而发出一声闷哼。

When cutting most pleochroic gemstones (Iolite, Tanzanite, Kunzite etc.), lapidaries typically try to minimize the pleochroism and maximize the single most prominent color.

在切割大多数的多向色性类宝时（如堇青、坦桑宝、紫锂辉），常宝会尽量缩小多向色性并最大化地将某一主色凸显出来。