| 单词 | desk-man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdesk-man desk-man n. (a) a minister, clergyman, or preacher; (b) a man who works at a desk, spec. a journalist who works mainly at a desk; a white-collar worker. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > [noun] > office worker office worker1856 desk-man1893 office man1921 1893 K. Grahame Pagan Ess. 105 The Desk-men have a temporary majority. 1913 Writer's Bull. Oct. 101/1 The salaries paid..are..better than those paid to many ‘desk men’ in the offices of large newspapers. 1925 A. S. M. Hutchinson One Increasing Purpose i. xxx. 181 The city desk-man's feeble stoop. 1961 Times 8 Feb. 13/7 Millions of deskmen from an inflated officialdom have been out in the fields helping the peasants. 1967 R. J. Serling President's Plane is Missing (1968) viii. 142 The IPS bureau chief was regarded as a superb deskman and a skilled writer. < as lemmas |
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