navvy中文什么意思

n.
1.〔英国〕(开挖运河、修筑铁路等的)工人；壮工。
2.掘土机；挖泥机。
3.〔海俚〕＝navigating-officer. a steam navvy 蒸汽掘土机。
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work like a navvy 尽力做(讨厌的工作)。 a mere navvys work (不用脑的)粗活。vi.
做(开河、筑路的)工人。vt.
掘(地)。

• crane navvy:    上铲式单斗挖土机
• hydraulic navvy:    水力挖泥机
• navvy bar:    手推土车

例句与用法

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1. His proper trade is a navvy .
   他本来是个挖土的苦力。
2. The navvy shouts . we are the boys . of wexford
   大声喊我们是韦克斯福德的男子汉。
3. The navvy belching . where s the bloody house
   打嗝那家该死的小店儿在哪儿？
4. Private carr to the navvy . portobello barracks canteen
   对壮工贝洛港营盘70的小卖部。

英文释义

名词

1. a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
   同义词：drudge, peon, galley slave

百科释义

Navvy is a shorter form of navigator (UK) or navigational engineer (USA) and is particularly applied to describe the manual labourers working on major civil engineering projects. The term was coined in the late 18th century in Britain when numerous canals were being built, which were also sometimes known as "navigations", or "eternal navigations", intended to last forever.