roughneck

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A labourer on an oil rig or in the oilpatch, either skilled or semiskilled. US,colloquial
    — This first ship had a small geophysical-type drilling rig mounted over the side of the ship with a steel grid runround for the roughnecks, who stood in knee-deep water while making connections or pulling the drill string.
  2. A dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer; an ironworker in an ironworks or a steelworker in a steelworks. US,colloquial,dated
  3. Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person. US,colloquial
    — LaTisha has long wanted to show Carole sheʼs not the roughneck she used to be, the roughneck who wasnʼt good enough to be her friend.
动词 v.
  1. To work as a laborer on an oil rig.
    — There was a time not long ago when this region appeared as some enduring mystification, its citizenry best known for roughnecking on the North Slope […]

词形变化

roughnecks plural roughnecks present,singular,third-person roughnecking participle,present roughnecked participle,past roughnecked past

词汇关系

相关词
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词源

词源 1
From rough + neck, originally "someone who works a manual labour job".
词源 2
From rough + neck, originally "someone who works a manual labour job".
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