day's workn.

Brit.

/deɪz ˈwəːk/, U.S.

/ˌdeɪz ˈwərk/

Forms: Old English dæges worce, Middle English dais werk, Middle English dayes werk, 1500s daies woorke, 1500s dayes warke, 1500s dayes worke, 1500s dayis wark (Scottish), 1500s–1600s daies worke, 1600s dayes wark (Scottish), 1600s dayes work, 1600s–1700s days work, 1700s– day's work.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: day n., work n.

Etymology: < the genitive of day n. + work n. Compare Old Icelandic dagsverk , dagsverki , Old Swedish daghsvärk , daghsvärke (Swedish dagsverke ), Old Danish dagsværk (Danish dagsværk ). Compare daywork n.

a. The work of a day; (an amount of) work done on or appropriate to a day.

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society > occupation and work > work > amounts of work > [noun] > day's work

dayworkOE

day's workOE

journey1387

darg1489

OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xx. 2 Gewordenre gecwydrædene þam wyrhtum he sealde ælcon ænne penig wiþ hys dæges worce.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5870 Fra þat tide ned-wais suld þai Do tua dais werkes [a1400 Fairf. dayes werk; a1400 Trin. Cambr. iourneyes] on a dai.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 69 Þis wose is so depe in oure pytt..þat vs muste makyn manye dayes werkys for to castyn it owt clene.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Actus, a dede, the partes of a comedie or play, a dayes warke in tyllage.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. xx. f. xcviii They shoulde haue eche of them a denary a piece for theyr dayes worke.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III ii. i. 1 Now I haue done a good daies worke .

1640 Wits Recreations sig. H2 Your dayes work's done, each morning as you rise.

1692 W. Bromley Remarks Grande Tour France & Italy 38 About Four in the Afternoon in the Summer-time, when a Citizen has done his Days-work.

1785 W. Marshall Minutes in Rural Econ. Midland Counties (1790) II. 66 Going the longer [journey] was but a moderate dayswork.

c1836 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) IV. 395 Paying him for more day's works.

1910 J. A. Fitch Steel Workers (1911) xiii. 179 As in other hoop mills, a day's work was ten hours.

1951 Pop. Sci. July 93/2 In five minutes the machine does a day's work of five men.

2008 W. J. Rothwell et al. Working Longer i. ii. 61 In an organization where the majority of a day's work involves working at the computer.

b. all in a (also his, the, etc.) day's work: (of a task, experience, etc.) accepted or expected as part of a person's normal duty or routine. Often used ironically.all in the day's work was the more common form in early use; since the mid 20th cent., all in a day's work has been more usual.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > in habitual or customary use [phrase] > as part of ordinary routine

all in the day's work1820

1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 39 Will you be so kind to tie this String for me..? it will go all in your Day's Work.]

1820 W. Scott Monastery I. ix. 248 That will cost me a farther ride..but it is all in the day's work.

1847 J. S. Mill Let. 9 Mar. in Coll. Wks. (1963) XIII. 709 I fully expect to offend and scandalize as many people as I shall please, but that is ‘all in a day's work’.

1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies viii. 297 That was all in his day's work, like a fair fall with the hounds.

1897 Globe 9 July 1/2 Heroic conduct of this type has to be, and is, regarded by British officers..as ‘all in the day's work’.

1937 M. Allingham Case of Late Pig x. 74 I suppose it's all in the day's work for you?

1953 A. Christie Pocket Full of Rye x. 60 This sort of thing seems ordinary enough to you, Inspector. All in the day's work.

1993 Down East Aug. 64/3 Good food and good theater both take great labor, but Michael Gagné is not about to stint on either. It's all in a day's work for a Super Chef.

2006 Esquire Sept. 73/2 Admonishing ‘eco-looney Bolsheviks’ is all in a day's work for Jeremy Clarkson.

2. Agriculture. As a unit of area: = daywork n. 2. Now historical.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > area that can be worked or mown in a day

daywork1204

day's worka1563

day's math1669

a1563 V. Leigh Moste Profitable Sci. Surueying (1577) sig. Q.ii^v Whiche twoo summes multiplied one by the other, as afore is shewed, make fiue Acres, twoo roodes, and fiue daies woorke.

1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia ii. vii. 59 Foure square Pearches make a Daiesworke, 10 Daie-workes a Roode.

1660 J. Childrey Britannia Baconica 63 The whole measure of breaking was at the least nine Acres, seven days works, and four Pearches, &c.

1779 D. Loch Ess. Trade Scotl. III. i. 27 Their measures of land are commonly reckoned by so many days work, as the people [of Halifax] term it, and two days work is supposed to be equal to an acre.

1993 J. Field Hist. Eng. Field Names 126 Day's Work was used in Kent to indicate a precise area, namely one tenth of a rood.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	days work
释义	day's workn. Brit. /deɪz ˈwəːk/, U.S. /ˌdeɪz ˈwərk/ Forms: Old English dæges worce, Middle English dais werk, Middle English dayes werk, 1500s daies woorke, 1500s dayes warke, 1500s dayes worke, 1500s dayis wark (Scottish), 1500s–1600s daies worke, 1600s dayes wark (Scottish), 1600s dayes work, 1600s–1700s days work, 1700s– day's work. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: day n., work n. Etymology: < the genitive of day n. + work n. Compare Old Icelandic dagsverk , dagsverki , Old Swedish daghsvärk , daghsvärke (Swedish dagsverke ), Old Danish dagsværk (Danish dagsværk ). Compare daywork n. 1. a. The work of a day; (an amount of) work done on or appropriate to a day. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > amounts of work > [noun] > day's work dayworkOE day's workOE journey1387 darg1489 OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xx. 2 Gewordenre gecwydrædene þam wyrhtum he sealde ælcon ænne penig wiþ hys dæges worce. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5870 Fra þat tide ned-wais suld þai Do tua dais werkes [a1400 Fairf. dayes werk; a1400 Trin. Cambr. iourneyes] on a dai. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 69 Þis wose is so depe in oure pytt..þat vs muste makyn manye dayes werkys for to castyn it owt clene. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Actus, a dede, the partes of a comedie or play, a dayes warke in tyllage. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. xx. f. xcviii They shoulde haue eche of them a denary a piece for theyr dayes worke. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III ii. i. 1 Now I haue done a good daies worke . View more context for this quotation 1640 Wits Recreations sig. H2 Your dayes work's done, each morning as you rise. 1692 W. Bromley Remarks Grande Tour France & Italy 38 About Four in the Afternoon in the Summer-time, when a Citizen has done his Days-work. 1785 W. Marshall Minutes in Rural Econ. Midland Counties (1790) II. 66 Going the longer [journey] was but a moderate dayswork. c1836 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) IV. 395 Paying him for more day's works. 1910 J. A. Fitch Steel Workers (1911) xiii. 179 As in other hoop mills, a day's work was ten hours. 1951 Pop. Sci. July 93/2 In five minutes the machine does a day's work of five men. 2008 W. J. Rothwell et al. Working Longer i. ii. 61 In an organization where the majority of a day's work involves working at the computer. b. all in a (also his, the, etc.) day's work: (of a task, experience, etc.) accepted or expected as part of a person's normal duty or routine. Often used ironically.all in the day's work was the more common form in early use; since the mid 20th cent., all in a day's work has been more usual. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > in habitual or customary use [phrase] > as part of ordinary routine all in the day's work1820 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 39 Will you be so kind to tie this String for me..? it will go all in your Day's Work.] 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. ix. 248 That will cost me a farther ride..but it is all in the day's work. 1847 J. S. Mill Let. 9 Mar. in Coll. Wks. (1963) XIII. 709 I fully expect to offend and scandalize as many people as I shall please, but that is ‘all in a day's work’. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies viii. 297 That was all in his day's work, like a fair fall with the hounds. 1897 Globe 9 July 1/2 Heroic conduct of this type has to be, and is, regarded by British officers..as ‘all in the day's work’. 1937 M. Allingham Case of Late Pig x. 74 I suppose it's all in the day's work for you? 1953 A. Christie Pocket Full of Rye x. 60 This sort of thing seems ordinary enough to you, Inspector. All in the day's work. 1993 Down East Aug. 64/3 Good food and good theater both take great labor, but Michael Gagné is not about to stint on either. It's all in a day's work for a Super Chef. 2006 Esquire Sept. 73/2 Admonishing ‘eco-looney Bolsheviks’ is all in a day's work for Jeremy Clarkson. 2. Agriculture. As a unit of area: = daywork n. 2. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > area that can be worked or mown in a day daywork1204 day's worka1563 day's math1669 a1563 V. Leigh Moste Profitable Sci. Surueying (1577) sig. Q.ii^v Whiche twoo summes multiplied one by the other, as afore is shewed, make fiue Acres, twoo roodes, and fiue daies woorke. 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia ii. vii. 59 Foure square Pearches make a Daiesworke, 10 Daie-workes a Roode. 1660 J. Childrey Britannia Baconica 63 The whole measure of breaking was at the least nine Acres, seven days works, and four Pearches, &c. 1779 D. Loch Ess. Trade Scotl. III. i. 27 Their measures of land are commonly reckoned by so many days work, as the people [of Halifax] term it, and two days work is supposed to be equal to an acre. 1993 J. Field Hist. Eng. Field Names 126 Day's Work was used in Kent to indicate a precise area, namely one tenth of a rood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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