英语词汇“to down tools”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to down tools: to cease working, spec. to go on strike.rare in U.S. use.

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society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > participate in labour relations [verb (intransitive)] > strike

strike1769

to turn out1795

to strike work, tools1803

stick1823

to come out1841

to go out1850

to down tools1855

to hit the bricks1931

1855 Liverpool Mercury 7 Nov. 3/3 Many shipowners know how the associated carpenters will ‘down tools’ and leave a ship because the captain insists upon employing a man not of the club to do some especial jobs.

1890 Morning Bull. (Rockhampton, Queensland) 24 Sept. They must down tools and do no more work until further notice.

1917 Hawke's Bay (N.Z.) Trib. 14 Aug. 3/4 The retort hands at the gasworks, who downed tools on July 8th., resumed work yesterday.

1958 Oxf. Mail 15 Jan. 1/2 He was ‘sincerely sorry’ to leave his job as Minister of Agriculture. ‘I hate downing-tools in the middle of a job.’

1958 Punch 15 Jan. 109/1 More trouble seems to be brewing for the B.B.C., over complaints from manufacturers that after each half-hourly news bulletin workers down tools for five minutes to discuss it.

2006 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 13 Mar. 5/1 The 72 tradesmen and labourers downed tools early last year alleging their living quarters reeked of sewage.

单词	to down tools
释义	> as lemmas to down tools a. to down tools: to cease working, spec. to go on strike.rare in U.S. use. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > participate in labour relations [verb (intransitive)] > strike strike1769 to turn out1795 to strike work, tools1803 stick1823 to come out1841 to go out1850 to down tools1855 to hit the bricks1931 1855 Liverpool Mercury 7 Nov. 3/3 Many shipowners know how the associated carpenters will ‘down tools’ and leave a ship because the captain insists upon employing a man not of the club to do some especial jobs. 1890 Morning Bull. (Rockhampton, Queensland) 24 Sept. They must down tools and do no more work until further notice. 1917 Hawke's Bay (N.Z.) Trib. 14 Aug. 3/4 The retort hands at the gasworks, who downed tools on July 8th., resumed work yesterday. 1958 Oxf. Mail 15 Jan. 1/2 He was ‘sincerely sorry’ to leave his job as Minister of Agriculture. ‘I hate downing-tools in the middle of a job.’ 1958 Punch 15 Jan. 109/1 More trouble seems to be brewing for the B.B.C., over complaints from manufacturers that after each half-hourly news bulletin workers down tools for five minutes to discuss it. 2006 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 13 Mar. 5/1 The 72 tradesmen and labourers downed tools early last year alleging their living quarters reeked of sewage. extracted from downv.¹ < as lemmas
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