Noun

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workman - an employee who performs manual or industrial labor excavator - a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying employee - a worker who is hired to perform a job fuller - a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living gas fitter - a workman who installs and repairs gas fixtures and appliances guest worker, guestworker - a person with temporary permission to work in another country; "a Moroccan guestworker in Canada was accused of aiding terrorists" heaver - a workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a dockyard) lacer - a workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding) lather - a workman who puts up laths Luddite - one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment mover - workman employed by a moving company; "the movers were very careful with the grand piano" bagger, packer, boxer - a workman employed to pack things into containers paster - a workman who pastes roundsman - a workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on) scratcher - a workman who uses a tool for scratching shearer - a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles sponger - a workman employed to collect sponges stamper - a workman whose job is to form or cut out by applying a mold or die (either by hand or by operating a stamping machine) utility man - a workman expected to serve in any capacity when called on wetter - a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process

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肉体労働者

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work

1. effort made in order to achieve or make something. He has done a lot of work on this project

2. employment. I cannot find work in this town.

3. a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on. Please clear your work off the table.

4. a painting, book, piece of music etc. the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.

5. the product or result of a person's labours. His work has shown a great improvement lately.

6. one's place of employment. He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.

1. to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something. She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.

2. to be employed. Are you working just now?

3. to (cause to) operate (in the correct way). He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.

4. to be practicable and/or successful. If my scheme works, we'll be rich!

5. to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty. She worked her way up the rock face.

6. to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually. The wheel worked loose.

7. to make by craftsmanship. The ornaments had been worked in gold.

1. (the art of making) goods of a particular material. He learns woodwork at school; This shop sells basketwork.

2. parts of something, eg a building, made of a particular material. The stonework/woodwork/paintwork needs to be renewed.

(of a plan) able to be carried out.

1. a person who works or who is employed in an office, a factory etc. office-workers; car-workers.

2. a manual worker rather than an office-worker etc.

3. a person who works (hard etc). He's a slow/hard worker.

a factory etc. The steelworks is/are closed for the holidays.

1. the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc). The works are all rusted.

2. deeds, actions etc. She's devoted her life to good works.

etc nouns a basket, box etc for holding thread, needlework etc.

a book of exercises usually with spaces for answers.

the number of workers (available for work) in a particular industry, factory etc.

the section of society who work with their hands, doing manual labour.

1. a day on which one goes to work, and is not on holiday.

2. the period of actual labour in a normal day at work. My working day is eight hours long.

the times of day between which one is at work. Normal working hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

a group of people gathered together (usually voluntarily) to perform a particular physical task. They organized a work-party to clear the canal of weeds.

the five days from Monday to Friday inclusive when people go to work.

a man who does manual work. the workmen on a building site.

1. suitable to a good workman. a workmanlike attitude.

2. well performed. a workmanlike job.

the skill of a qualified workman; skill in making things.

one of the people who work in the same place of employment as oneself. Her workmates teased her about being the boss's favourite.

a period of hard physical exercise for the purpose of keeping fit etc.

1. a room or building, especially in a factory etc where construction and repairs are carried out.

2. a course of experimental work for a group of people on a particular project.

working. He's writing a novel and he likes to be at work (on it) by eight o'clock every morning.

to start work. Could you get to work painting that ceiling?; I'll have to set to work on this mending this evening.

to begin work on. We're thinking of going to work on an extension to the house.

to be faced with a difficult task. You'll have your work cut out to beat the champion.

(of a machine etc) operating correctly.

having no employment. He's been out of work for months.

a painting, sculpture etc.

to get rid of (something unwanted or unpleasant) by taking physical exercise etc. He worked off his anger by running round the garden six times.

1. to solve or calculate correctly. I can't work out how many should be left.

2. to come to a satisfactory end. Don't worry – it will all work out (in the end).

3. to perform physical exercises.

1. to excite or rouse gradually. She worked herself up into a fury. (adjective ˌworked-ˈup: Don't get so worked-up!).

2. to raise or create. I just can't work up any energy/appetite/enthusiasm today.

to progress towards and prepare for. Work up to the difficult exercises gradually.

to produce marvellous results. These pills have worked wonders on my rheumatism.

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