noun🔗Share人工制品，文物 An object made or shaped by human hand or labor."The ancient pottery shards were carefully preserved as historical artefacts. "这些古代陶器碎片被小心地保存下来，作为历史文物。archaeologyhistorycultureitemthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share人造物品，人工制品。 An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin."Scientists studying the Martian surface discovered a strangely shaped rock formation, and they are investigating whether it is a natural geological feature or a potential artefact of past Martian life. "科学家们在研究火星表面时发现了一个形状奇特的岩石构造，他们正在调查它是一个天然的地质特征，还是过去火星生命可能留下的人造物。archaeologyhistorycultureitemthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share人工制品，文物。 Something viewed as a product of human agency or conception rather than an inherent element."The chipped stone tool found at the dig site was identified as an artefact, suggesting early human presence in the area. "在挖掘现场发现的这件带缺口的石器工具被鉴定为人工制品，表明该地区早期就有人类活动。archaeologyhistorycultureartthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share伪像，假象，人为现象。 A finding or structure in an experiment or investigation that is not a true feature of the object under observation, but is a result of external action, the test arrangement, or an experimental error."The spot on his lung turned out to be an artifact of the X-ray process."他肺部的那个斑点后来发现是X光拍摄过程中产生的伪像。sciencetechnologyarchaeologytechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share文物，手工藝品 An object, such as a tool, ornament, or weapon of archaeological or historical interest, especially such an object found at an archaeological excavation."The dig produced many Roman artifacts."这次挖掘出土了很多罗马时期的文物。archaeologyhistoryculturematerialitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share人为假象，伪像 An appearance or structure in protoplasm due to death, the method of preparation of specimens, or the use of reagents, and not present during life.""The strange spots visible under the microscope were not part of the original cell, but rather an artefact caused by the staining process." "显微镜下看到的奇怪斑点并非细胞原本就有的，而是染色过程中产生的人为假象。medicinebiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share压缩失真，伪像。 A perceptible distortion that appears in an audio or video file or a digital image as a result of applying a lossy compression algorithm."This JPEG image has been so highly compressed that it has unsightly compression artifacts, making it unsuitable for the cover of our magazine."这张JPEG图片压缩得太厉害了，产生了难看的压缩失真（伪像），不适合用作我们杂志的封面。mediatechnologycomputingelectronicstechnicalsignalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
