| 单词 | pink-collar |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspink-collar pink-collar adj. [after blue-collar adj., white-collar adj.] originally and chiefly U.S. of, designating, or relating to employment traditionally associated with women (as nursing, hairdressing, secretarial work, etc.), or workers engaged in such employment. ΚΠ 1975 McCalls Nov. 107 Adapted from the forthcoming book ‘Pink Collar Worker’. 1977 L. K. Howe Pink Collar Workers i. 21 The most dramatic distinctions continue between what can most descriptively be termed pink collar work and work in the male and integrated markets. 1987 Independent 28 Jan. 13/3 The rise of women in American journalism is well on the way to making it a ‘pink collar’ industry. 2001 Atlanta Constit. (Electronic ed.) 27 June Until we get some gender diversity, nursing will still be pink collar. Salaries have always reflected the undervaluing of women's work. < as lemmas |
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