| 单词 | spot of work |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspot of work a. spot of work: a task, a job of work, esp. one that is large or difficult; a product of this. Frequently with (ironic) modifying word, as fine, pretty, etc. Cf. piece of work n. at piece n. Phrases 4. Now rare (somewhat dated in later use). 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 1689 Appeal to Men New-Eng. 11 Whether it would not be a fine spot of work..to restore them to their former places? 1697 W. Nicholls Conf. with Theist: Pt. II 147 If Naylor had been to write the Book of Genesis, he would have made an otherguise spot of work of it than Moses has. 1714 S. Centlivre Wonder iii. 30 Zounds she here! I have made a fine spot of Work on't. 1777 C. Dibdin Quaker i. ii. 5 A very pretty spot of work this! 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel III. iii. 87 Here is a bonny spot of work, and me alone, and on foot too! 1889 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 247/2 If Oates had but known, he would have cut out a fine spot of work for me. 1945 F. Sargeson in Speaking for Ourselves 115 Hello Jack, I said, doing a spot of work?.. Yes Tom, he said, I'm doing a job. 1997 Guardian 11 June (G2 section) 3/3 Wherever a spot of work was to be done, a mine to be mined, a hole to be dug, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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