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单词 night worker
释义

night workern.

Brit. /ˈnʌɪt wəːkə/, U.S. /ˈnaɪt ˌwərkər/
Forms: see night n. and worker n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: night n., worker n.
Etymology: < night n. + worker n. Compare earlier night work n.
A person who works at night, esp. one who works a night shift.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > one who works at specific time or hours
night worker1601
daysman?1614
nightman1620
dayworker1802
dayman1821
full-timer1839
whole-timer1840
all-night man1861
part-timer1886
all-timer1891
over-timer1910
Saturdayite1932
nine-to-fiver1945
1601 Blacksmiths' Company Accts. (MS Guildhall 2883/3) 36 To ye Carpenter Brickleyre Nightwoorkers and laborers for clensing and making upp the vaulte.
1723 B. Mandeville Fable Bees (ed. 2) i. 91 That the Smell of Gain was fragrant even to Night-Workers.
1863 V. Penny Employments of Women 174 The day and night workers take week about.
1872 Daily News 12 Oct. The people of the day-shift trooping in to relieve the night-workers.
1919 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 82 198 There must always be some night workers, and, in time of war,..there are many.
1956 Jrnl. Industr. Econ. 5 57 Night workers have for many years been paid at a higher rate, such as time and a fifth.
1995 New Scientist 21 Jan. 7/2 Night workers call it the ‘zombie zone’ or ‘hitting the wall’—that time before dawn when they can barely stay awake.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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