| 单词 | to work like a beaver |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto work like a beaver d. to work like a beaver: to work hard. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > [verb (intransitive)] > work hard or toil workeOE swingc1000 to the boneOE labourc1390 toilc1400 drevyll?1518 drudge1548 droy1576 droil1591 to tug at the (an) oar1612 to stand to it1632 rudge1676 slave1707 to work like a beaver1741 to hold (also keep, bring, put) one's nose to the grindstone1828 to feague it away1829 to work like a nigger1836 delve1838 slave1852 leather1863 to sweat one's guts out1890 hunker1903 to sweat (also work) one's guts out1932 to eat (also work) like a horse1937 beaver1946 to work like a drover's dog1952 to get one's nose down (to)1962 1741 in H. M. Brooks Days of Spinning-Wheel (1886) II. 31 To be sold.., the very best negro woman in this town, who..will work like a beaver. 1835 Col. Crockett's Tour 73 Ingham worked honestly, like a beaver. 1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 225 Mr. Baldwin..has worked like a beaver since he assumed the management of the mine. 1915 Literary Digest 21 Aug. 347/2 Every one knows what ‘working like a beaver’ means. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。