hewer
['hjʊɚ]
- n. 煤矿工；砍伐者
英英释义
- 1. a person who hews
词组搭配
hewers of wood and drawers of water
menial drudges; labourers
劈柴挑水者，做苦工的人；劳工
英文词源
- hewer (n.)
- "cutter" (of stone or wood), mid-12c. as a surname, agent noun from hew (v.). Hwers of wood and drawers of water as the lowliest sort of physical laborers is from Joshua ix:12.