| 单词 | half day teacher |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf day teacher b. With the sense ‘employed to work on, or only working, half-days’, as in half day teacher, etc. Π 1722 London Clergys Petition against Quakers Affirmation Answer'd 3 One Preacher; and Two Half Day Preachers. 1838 R. Philip Life & Times G. Whitefield xxiii. 430 Whitefield preached..as much in a month as some of these clergymen did in a year! Such a contrast could hardly endear his company to half-day labourers. 1877 All Year Round 20 Jan. 440/2 Some of the half-day servants were girls of sixteen... They came in the morning, lighted the fires, got breakfast ready, [etc.]. 1953 D. Whipple Someone at Distance i. 10 Maids had disappeared..long ago... Ellen now did as her neighbours did and employed day, or more properly, half-day, women. 1972 N.Y. Times 4 June iv. 12/1 (advt.) Sept openings. First Grade Teacher... Half-Day Kindergarten Teacher. 1995 Hongkong Standard 26 Aug. (Financial Review section) 17/5 (advt.) A Trading Company located in Chai Wan urgently requires: Half-Day Accounts Clerk. < as lemmas |
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