| 单词 | piece of work |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspiece of work piece of work n. a. A product of work; something produced or manufactured, esp. a work of art or literature. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > product of work > [noun] workeOE workingc1350 notea1400 piece of work1473 overage1474 workmanship1523 piece1604 opificec1616 jobbie1950 1473 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 27 That all..that thinkis to be maisteris mak twa peis of wark sufficient belanging hattis-making. ?1544 J. Heywood Foure PP sig. C.ii Here is an eyetoth of the great Turke Whose eyes be on[es] sette on thys pece of worke May happely lese parte of his eye syght. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 941 The kings Chapell at Westminster,..one of the most excellent peeces of worke, wrought in stone, that is in Christendome. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 305 What peece of worke is a man, how noble in reason, how infinit in faculties, in forme and moouing, how expresse and admirable. View more context for this quotation 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. i. 12 You may have occasion sometimes to Braze..a piece of work. 1739 A. Hill in S. Richardson Corr. (1804) I. 36 I was so very a boy when I suffered that light piece of work to be published. 1803 T. Sheraton Cabinet Dict. 316 Tambour doors are often introduced, in small pieces of work, where no great strength or security is requisite. 1876 H. James Roderick Hudson iii. 114 Rowland went into Roderick's studio and found him sitting before an unfinished piece of work. 1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out xxiv. 387 She was indeed very proud that she had finished her book... Also she thought that it was a good piece of work. 1991 N.Y. Mag. 11 Mar. 110/1 Steven Keats stars in Jerry Sterner's thoroughly professional piece of work. b. A task, a difficult undertaking; (figurative) a commotion or fuss. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > duties > [noun] > piece of work or task workOE notec1400 turnc1480 piece of work1533 job1557 employment1579 task1597 spot of work1689 day job1798 number1928 the world > action or operation > undertaking > [noun] > an undertaking > thing(s) to be done > a (difficult) task workOE piece of work1533 job of work1557 tesh1596 task1597 stunt1880 aufgabe1902 dreich1984 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > instance of viretotec1386 moving?a1439 reela1450 stir1487 songa1500 pirrie1536 hurly-burly1548 make-a-do1575 confusions1599 the hunt is upa1625 ruffle1642 fuss1701 fraction1721 fizza1734 dust1753 noration1773 steeriea1776 splorea1791 rook1808 piece of work1810 curfuffle1813 squall1813 rookerya1820 stushie1824 shindy1829 shine1832 hurroosh1836 fustle1839 upsetting1847 shinty1848 ructions1862 vex1862 houp-la1870 set-out1875 hoodoo1876 tingle-tangle1880 shemozzle1885 take-on1893 dust-up1897 hoo-ha1931 tra-la-la1933 gefuffle1943 tzimmes1945 kerfuffle1946 1533 N. Udall Floures for Latine Spekynge f. 129 Suarum rerum satagit. He hath ynough to do of his owne, or, he hath a busye piece of werke of his own to doo. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits viii. 103 It were an infinite peece of worke. 1619 Visct. Doncaster Let. in S. R. Gardiner Lett. Relations Eng. & Germany (1865) 1st Ser. 133 To perswade them to hearken to a treaty would prove a tough piece of worke. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 520 A very difficult piece of Work..to quiet all the right side of the Rhine. 1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. iii. §39. 462 It would be a tedious piece of work to take out the two component parts with their Signs. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. vii. 44 We shall have a terrible piece of work of it in stubbing the ox-moor. 1810 Sporting Mag. 36 262 He kept jawing us, and making a piece of work all the time. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxx. 355 What are you making all this piece of work for..? 1911 F. H. Burnett Secret Garden ix. 86 It was a serious piece of work to write to Dickon. 2003 Florida Times-Union (Nexis) 6 Apr. c19 ‘You would like to say you could do that every day, but it's quite a piece of work’, Russell said, referring to his team scoring 28 runs. c. colloquial (frequently derogatory). A person, esp. one notable for having a strong (usually unpleasant) character. Usually with modifying word; cf. nasty adj. 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > [noun] hadc900 lifesmaneOE maneOE world-maneOE ghostOE wyeOE lifeOE son of manOE wightc1175 soulc1180 earthmanc1225 foodc1225 person?c1225 creaturec1300 bodyc1325 beera1382 poppetc1390 flippera1400 wat1399 corsec1400 mortal?a1425 deadly?c1450 hec1450 personagec1485 wretcha1500 human1509 mundane1509 member1525 worma1556 homo1561 piece of flesh1567 sconce1567 squirrel?1567 fellow creature1572 Adamite1581 bloat herringa1586 earthling1593 mother's child1594 stuff1598 a piece of flesh1600 wagtail1607 bosom1608 fragment1609 boots1623 tick1631 worthy1649 earthlies1651 snap1653 pippin1665 being1666 personal1678 personality1678 sooterkin1680 party1686 worldling1687 human being1694 water-wagtail1694 noddle1705 human subject1712 piece of work1713 somebody1724 terrestrial1726 anybody1733 individual1742 character1773 cuss1775 jig1781 thingy1787 bod1788 curse1790 his nabs1790 article1796 Earthite1814 critter1815 potato1815 personeityc1816 nibs1821 somebody1826 tellurian1828 case1832 tangata1840 prawn1845 nigger1848 nut1856 Snooks1860 mug1865 outfit1867 to deliver the goods1870 hairpin1879 baby1880 possum1894 hot tamale1895 babe1900 jobbie1902 virile1903 cup of tea1908 skin1914 pisser1918 number1919 job1927 apple1928 mush1936 face1944 jong1956 naked ape1965 oke1970 punter1975 1713 in J. Cartwright et al. Rep. MSS Duke of Portland (1931) X. 298 I believe your Lordship will have nothing to do with him he being a whidling, dangerous, piece of work and not to be trusted. 1872 T. Hardy Under Greenwood Tree i. 180 There was a terrible whispering piece of work in the congregation, wasn't there, naibour Penny? 1908 K. McGaffey Sorrows of Show Girl 28 Say, that piece of work..on the end..is all to the berries, ain't she? 1936 ‘N. Blake’ Thou Shell of Death vii. 122 She..had been Fergus's mistress. She is a pretty grand piece of work. 1993 D. Irvin Behind Bench xix. 299 He was funny that way. He was a real piece of work. < as lemmas |
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