网络释义专业释义英英释义
navvy [ 'nævi ]
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n.
a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
同义词： drudge peon galley slave
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
navvy /ˈnævɪ/
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1.
N a labourer on a building site, excavations, etc 建筑工人; 挖土工人 [英国英语] [非正式]
双语例句
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He was good for nothing now except navvy work.
他除了苦力外，什么也干不好了。
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He had done the navvy work for a few days when he could get it.
他在力所能及的情况下干了几天挖土的活。
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He felt weak and sore, and the pain of his smashed knuckles warned him that, even if he could find a job at navvy work, it would be a week before he could grip a pick handle or a shovel.
他觉得人很衰弱，身上处处酸疼，那些打碎了的指节也很疼，它们在警告他，即使他找到了一种粗活儿，也要等一个星期，他才能握得住一把锄头或者铲子。
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