workman

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈwɜːkmən/    美 /ˈwɝkmən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A man who labours for wages.
    — He laid the foundation stone on August 1 1847, and then set around 2,000 workmen loose on the undertaking. The station opened exactly one year later on August 1 1848.
  2. An artisan or craftsman.

词形变化

workmen plural

词汇关系

衍生词
a bad workman always blames his tools bye-workman workmanly
相关词
worker workwoman

词源

From Middle English werkman, from Old English weorcmann (“workman”), from Proto-West Germanic *werkamann, from Proto-Germanic *werkamann- (“workman”), equivalent to work + -man. Compare Dutch werkman (“workman”), German Werkmann (“labourer, workman”), Icelandic verkamaður (“workman”).
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