| 单词 | office boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoffice boy office boy n. a (usually young) man employed in a junior post in an office; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > [noun] > office worker > types of office boy1845 office girl1861 office junior1959 1845 J. H. Ingraham Charles Blackford iv. 29 I was brought up and educated..with a prejudice against labor and all pursuits that are called manual. But perhaps an office boy is the first stage towards gentility. 1914 G. B. Shaw Parents & Children in Misalliance p. lxv An office boy of fifteen is often more of a man than a university student of twenty. 1975 Times 13 Oct. 13/1 Mr [Ian] Smith..has to demonstrate to his hard-liners that he is not Pretoria's office-boy. 1990 V. S. Naipaul India: Million Mutinies (1991) iv. 252 The neighbour on Kakusthan's other side was a ‘peon’ or office boy. < as lemmas |
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