| 单词 | great work |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreat work great work n. [probably < great n. + work n.; compare Phrases 2c(c)] English regional (midlands and southern) (now rare) = piecework n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > piecework task-work1486 piecework1549 setwork1720 job work1780 measured work1834 measure-work1852 great work1855 piece labour1859 1855 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. II. (Gloss.) 723/2 Gret (Beds., Worc.), gret-work, or great-work, is piece-work. a1887 R. Jefferies Field & Hedgerow (1889) 114 Some were talking already of the ‘grit’ work,..that is, mowing and haymaking, which mean better wages. 1889 A. T. Pask Eyes of Thames 148 They can earn 18s. a week, doing piece-work, or, in market-garden parlance, ‘great-work’. 1900 S. S. Buckman in Eng. Dial. Dict. II. 715/2 [Gloucestershire] Take it by the day or take it by gret work. < as lemmas |
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