navvy
navvy 英 [ˈnævi] 美 [ˈnævi]
n. 挖土机；工人 vt. 挖掘 vi. 做挖土工
名词复数:navvies
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- n. 挖土机；工人
- vt. 挖掘
- vi. 做挖土工
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1. He was good for nothing now except navvy work, and his broken nose and swollen ear were against him even in that.
除了做苦工之外,别的他也干不了,即使这样,他的伤鼻子和肿耳朵还总是碍事。
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2. He had done a few days navvy work when he could get it, and he had run around the Domain in the early mornings to get his legs in shape.
他有时能找到几天卖苦力的差使干干。 每天早晨他都要沿着都门公园跑上几圈,活动活动腿脚。
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3. 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。
- navvy (n.) "laborer on a canal or railroad," 1832, colloquial shortening of navigator (q.v.) in its sense of "one who digs navigation canals."
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