navvy
英 ['nævɪ]
美['nævi]
- n. 挖土机；工人
- vt. 挖掘
- vi. 做挖土工
英英释义
- 1. a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
实用场景例句
- His proper tradeis a navvy.
- 他本来是个挖土的苦力.
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词态变化
复数: navvies;
中文词源
navvy 壮工，苦力
来自navigator的口语，用来讥笑挖运河或修铁路的人。
英文词源
- navvy (n.)
- "laborer on a canal or railroad," 1832, colloquial shortening of navigator (q.v.) in its sense of "one who digs navigation canals."
双语例句
- 1. His proper tradeis a navvy.
- 他本来是个挖土的苦力.
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