| 单词 | labour-saving |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslabour-saving labour-saving adj. designed to reduce or eliminate the work necessary to achieve a task. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > saving effort labour-saving1791 society > occupation and work > equipment > [adjective] > for easing or eliminating work labour-saving1791 1791 E. Corrie Consideration Corn Laws 37 Manufacturers are increasing more rapidly than the progress of population, aided by labour saving machines, can sufficiently furnish hands to carry on. 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 110 Only too thankful for any labor-saving contrivance whatsoever. 1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media xvi. 161 The American farmer, confronted with new tasks and opportunities, and at the same time with a great shortage of human assistance, was goaded into a frenzy of creation of labor-saving devices. 2006 Fast Company Jan. 40/1 The 1950s version of the future focused primarily on labor-saving gadgetry with a ‘gee whiz!’ factor. < as lemmas |
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