navvy

navvy

美 ['nævi] 　英 ['nævi]

  • n.壯工；苦力；（尤指）筑路工
  • v.做(開河,筑路的)工人；掘(地)
  • 網絡挖土機；挖土工；苦工

詞形變化

復數：navvies  現在分詞：navvying  過去分詞：navvied  

同義詞

英漢雙解

n.
1.
壯工；苦力；（尤指）筑路工a person employed to do hard physical work, especially building roads, etc.

英漢解釋

n.
1.
〈英〉(開挖運河,修筑鐵路等的)工人;壯工
2.
掘土機;挖泥機
3.
【航】〈俚〉同“navigating-officer. a steam navvy”
v.
1.
做(開河,筑路的)工人
2.
掘(地)

英英解釋

n.

例句

Since the storm was drawing near, the navvy decided to call it a day.

由于暴風雨即將來臨，那個挖土小工決定收工。

He had done a few days navvy work when he could get it, and he had run around the Domain in the early mornings to get his legs in shape.

他有時能找到幾天賣苦力的差使干干。每天早晨他都要沿著都門公園跑上幾圈，活動活動腿腳。

He was good for nothing now except navvy work, and his broken nose and swollen ear were against him even in that.

除了做苦工之外，別的他也干不了，即使這樣，他的傷鼻子和腫耳朵還總是礙事。

the navvy shouts . we are the boys . of wexford.

大聲喊我們是韋克斯福德的男子漢。

the navvy gripping the two redcoats , staggers forward with them

拽住兩個英國兵，跟他們一道腳步蹣跚地往前走。

the navvy belching . where s the bloody house

打嗝那家該死的小店兒在哪兒？

bloom points to the navvy . a spy

指著壯工一個奸細。