labourer

名词 n.
/ˈleɪ.bə.ɹə/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. UK standard spelling of laborer.
    — This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.

词形变化

labourers plural

词源

Etymology tree
English labour
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English labourer
From labour + -er.
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