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

P4. to work like a ——: to work extremely hard, in a manner likened to a person or animal known for undertaking heavy, arduous, or intense labour.Sometimes with the implication that the work undertaken is degrading or dehumanizing.See also to work like a beaver at beaver n.¹ 1d, to work like a dog at dog n.¹ Phrases 16, to work like a horse at horse n. 25a, to work like a nigger at nigger n. and adj. Phrases 1.

1538 D. Lindsay Complaynte & Test. Popiniay sig. Eii^v But nyght and day, they warke lyke besy bees.

1674–9 Strange Encounter Two Lovers (single sheet) (verso) I was carry'd away for a slave. Then for to work like a beast I was forced.

1738 E. Dower Salopian Esquire 9 I work like a Slave Morning, Noon and Night.

1793 Assoc. Papers (Assoc. for Preserving Liberty & Property) ii. ix. 4 I don't see why we are to work like slaves, while others roll about in their coaches.

1864 D. R. Goodwin Southern Slavery iv. 115 Any person might take this poor man, drive him to the field to work like an ox without wages, [etc.].

1931 M. Moore Let. 24 June in Sel. Lett. (1997) 257 I take my jeroba up there and am working like a demon to complete it.

a1939 C. Porter Compl. Lyrics (1983) 196 Too many men in the U.S.A. work like maniacs, trying to keep their wives and pay for their Cadillacs.

1991 Herald (Folkestone) 27 Dec. 21/3 The whole of the teaching staff..worked like trojans backstage.

2005 B. Keating & S. Keating Blood Sisters (2006) xv. 296 Piet was working like a madman, and they really meant to open the lodge early in the new year.

单词	to work like a
释义	> as lemmas to work like a —— P4. to work like a ——: to work extremely hard, in a manner likened to a person or animal known for undertaking heavy, arduous, or intense labour.Sometimes with the implication that the work undertaken is degrading or dehumanizing.See also to work like a beaver at beaver n.¹ 1d, to work like a dog at dog n.¹ Phrases 16, to work like a horse at horse n. 25a, to work like a nigger at nigger n. and adj. Phrases 1. Π 1538 D. Lindsay Complaynte & Test. Popiniay sig. Eii^v But nyght and day, they warke lyke besy bees. 1674–9 Strange Encounter Two Lovers (single sheet) (verso) I was carry'd away for a slave. Then for to work like a beast I was forced. 1738 E. Dower Salopian Esquire 9 I work like a Slave Morning, Noon and Night. 1793 Assoc. Papers (Assoc. for Preserving Liberty & Property) ii. ix. 4 I don't see why we are to work like slaves, while others roll about in their coaches. 1864 D. R. Goodwin Southern Slavery iv. 115 Any person might take this poor man, drive him to the field to work like an ox without wages, [etc.]. 1931 M. Moore Let. 24 June in Sel. Lett. (1997) 257 I take my jeroba up there and am working like a demon to complete it. a1939 C. Porter Compl. Lyrics (1983) 196 Too many men in the U.S.A. work like maniacs, trying to keep their wives and pay for their Cadillacs. 1991 Herald (Folkestone) 27 Dec. 21/3 The whole of the teaching staff..worked like trojans backstage. 2005 B. Keating & S. Keating Blood Sisters (2006) xv. 296 Piet was working like a madman, and they really meant to open the lodge early in the new year. extracted from workv. < as lemmas
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