中英互译
navvy
英 /ˈnævi/美 /ˈnævi/
基本释义
- n.挖土机;工人
- vt.挖掘
- vi.做挖土工
复数navvies
双语例句
- He was good for nothing now except navvy work.他除了苦力外,什么也干不好了。
- We should consider every navvy superior to Shakespeare.我们应该把每一个粗人都看得比莎士比亚高明。
- He had done the navvy work for a few days when he could get it.他在力所能及的情况下干了几天挖土的活。
网络短语
- navvy pick土镐;挖土镐
- navvy work土方工程
- navvy barrow运土手推车
- navvy rooter挖土机
- a steam navvy蒸汽掘土机
同义词
n.
[机]挖土机;工人
英英释义
- n.a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
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。