drudgery

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɹʌd͡ʒəɹi/    美 /ˈdɹʌd͡ʒəɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Exhausting, menial, and tedious work. countable,uncountable
    — What laier much better then there, / or cheaper (thereon to doo well?) / What drudgerie more any where / lesse good thereof where can ye tell? / What gotten by Sommer is seene: / in Winter is eaten vp cleene.

词形变化

drudgeries plural drudgerie alternative

词源

From drudge (“person who works in a low servile job”) + -ery (suffix meaning ‘the art, craft, or practice of’ forming nouns).
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