daywork

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈdeɪwɜːk/    美 /ˈdeɪwɝk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The work done in a day; a day's work. archaic,countable,uncountable
  2. The amount of land that can be worked in a day. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  3. Work carried out or paid for on a daily basis; day labour. countable,uncountable
  4. Work done during the day; specifically, the cover-work carried out by someone involved in intelligence work, as opposed to their secret activities. countable,uncountable
    — ‘The task of servicing such moles is not entrusted to normal overseas residencies but to a Karla representative, as he is known, usually a military officer, whose daywork is to be an attaché of an Embassy.’

词形变化

dayworks plural day work alternative day-work alternative

词汇关系

相关词
dayworker

词源

From Middle English daywork, daywerk, from Old English dæġweorc, from Proto-West Germanic *dagawerk, from Proto-Germanic *dagawerką. By surface analysis, day + work.
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