feat: [14] Etymologically, a feat is ‘something that is done’. The word comes via Old French fet from Latin factum ‘deed’, a noun based on the past participle of facere ‘make, do’, and is hence a doublet of English fact – that is to say, both words go back to an identical source, but have become differentiated (in this case because fact came directly from Latin, whereas feat was filtered through Old French). => fact, factory, fashion, feasible, feature
feat (n.)
mid-14c., "action, deeds," from Anglo-French fet, from Old French fait "action, deed, achievement" (12c.), from Latin factum "thing done," a noun based on the past participle of facere "make, do" (see factitious, and compare fact). Sense of "exceptional or noble deed" arose c. 1400 from phrase feat of arms (French fait d'armes).
实用例句
1. The feat won them a prize of £85,000.
这一业绩为他们赢得了85,000英镑的奖金。来自柯林斯例句
2. He performed a sensational acrobatic feat.
他表演了一套惊人的杂技功夫。来自柯林斯例句
3. The tunnel is a brilliant feat of engineering.
这条隧道是工程方面的光辉业绩。来自《权威词典》
4. Man's first landing on the moon was a feat of great daring.
