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

(c) to work.

(i) As an imperative exhortation to begin or resume work or an activity.

ΚΠ

1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. C4 Follow me Hodge, follow me Hans, come after my fine Fyrk, to worke, to worke a while and then to breakfast.

1676 T. Shadwell Virtuoso iii. 76 I have forty of 'em [sc. disguises] upon Intriguo's and businesses. But now to work. Do you know me?

1731 C. Coffey & J. Mottley Devil to Pay iv. 16 To Work, to Work, come and spin, you Drab, or I'll tan your Hide for you.

1792 H. Cowley Day in Turkey ii. 28 What are you seated for, and tuning your pipes in the middle of the day?—To work—to work, sirrah!

1846 M. Ryllo et al. tr. M. Mieczyslawska Nuns of Minsk i. 26 We have rested well my children, let us now try to work well. To work! to work!

1880 Harper's Bazar 18 Dec. 802/3 Each true-born American shakes off his blissful idleness, and cries, ‘To work! to work!’

1907 J. R. Carling By Neva's Waters xxv. 248 ‘Now, girls, to work!’ said he cheerfully.

1940 K. A. Porter Let. 14 June (1990) iv. 181 Well, to work, to work: these long days are splendid, they cannot last.

1995 A. Warner Morvern Callar (1996) 82 Right now, to work!

2009 J. Lindsay Dexter by Design (2010) xvii. 129 All right then: to work. Time to heed the clarion call and strap myself into my trusty computer.

(ii) U.S. colloquial. In the process of working; at work. Cf. to prep. 4. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > working > [adverb]

in worka1382

at work?1440

in (also into, out of) employ1659

to work1776

1776 in Proc. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1886) 2nd Ser. II. 304 [We] met some people to work on the High: way.

1827 S. S. Arnold Proc. Vermont Hist. Soc. (1940) 8 111 Her husband..had died instantly in the barn, where he was to work.

1834 C. A. Davis Lett. J. Downing, Major xvi. 116 I have been to work on it ever since we was at the Rip-Raps.

1858 Rome (New York) Sentinel Sept. The boiler..passed through the main building..without injuring the workmen there, although men were to work on each side of where the boiler passed.

1978 M. Z. Lewin Silent Salesman xxvii. 146 He's to work... Don't rightly know what time he'll be back.

单词	to work
释义	> as lemmas to work (c) to work. (i) As an imperative exhortation to begin or resume work or an activity. ΚΠ 1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. C4 Follow me Hodge, follow me Hans, come after my fine Fyrk, to worke, to worke a while and then to breakfast. 1676 T. Shadwell Virtuoso iii. 76 I have forty of 'em [sc. disguises] upon Intriguo's and businesses. But now to work. Do you know me? 1731 C. Coffey & J. Mottley Devil to Pay iv. 16 To Work, to Work, come and spin, you Drab, or I'll tan your Hide for you. 1792 H. Cowley Day in Turkey ii. 28 What are you seated for, and tuning your pipes in the middle of the day?—To work—to work, sirrah! 1846 M. Ryllo et al. tr. M. Mieczyslawska Nuns of Minsk i. 26 We have rested well my children, let us now try to work well. To work! to work! 1880 Harper's Bazar 18 Dec. 802/3 Each true-born American shakes off his blissful idleness, and cries, ‘To work! to work!’ 1907 J. R. Carling By Neva's Waters xxv. 248 ‘Now, girls, to work!’ said he cheerfully. 1940 K. A. Porter Let. 14 June (1990) iv. 181 Well, to work, to work: these long days are splendid, they cannot last. 1995 A. Warner Morvern Callar (1996) 82 Right now, to work! 2009 J. Lindsay Dexter by Design (2010) xvii. 129 All right then: to work. Time to heed the clarion call and strap myself into my trusty computer. (ii) U.S. colloquial. In the process of working; at work. Cf. to prep. 4. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > [adverb] in worka1382 at work?1440 in (also into, out of) employ1659 to work1776 1776 in Proc. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1886) 2nd Ser. II. 304 [We] met some people to work on the High: way. 1827 S. S. Arnold Proc. Vermont Hist. Soc. (1940) 8 111 Her husband..had died instantly in the barn, where he was to work. 1834 C. A. Davis Lett. J. Downing, Major xvi. 116 I have been to work on it ever since we was at the Rip-Raps. 1858 Rome (New York) Sentinel Sept. The boiler..passed through the main building..without injuring the workmen there, although men were to work on each side of where the boiler passed. 1978 M. Z. Lewin Silent Salesman xxvii. 146 He's to work... Don't rightly know what time he'll be back. extracted from workn. < as lemmas
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