| 释义 |
workaway U.S.|ˈwɜːkəweɪ|
[f. work v. + -a- + way n.1]
One who works his passage on a ship.
1906Federal Reporter CXXXIX. 92 He authorized the mate to take four men as workaways to earn their passage from Nome to Tocoma. 1933M. Pell S.S. Utah 58 The workaway, a quiet young Swede, also went. 1945Seafarers' Log 20 July 3/3 From there [sc. from Honolulu] they were sent as workaways back to San Francisco. 1973Art Internat. Mar. 100/2 If one didn't have the price, one could present one's self to a ship's purser and ask for a job as a workaway. |