| 单词 | work team |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswork team work team n. (a) U.S. a team of draught horses, oxen, etc.; (b) a team of people who work together, a work group; spec. (in the People's Republic of China) any of the working units making up a commune (now historical). [With reference to China after Chinese shēngchăn duì, lit. ‘production team’ ( < shēngchăn to produce + duì team).] ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > group of workers work team1809 labour brigade1886 lads1888 span1913 work group1928 the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > work animals > draught animal > team of teamOE yokeOE draught?1523 teamware1567 plough team1726 work team1809 span1812 farm team1818 spike-team1848 1809 J. Tayloe Let. Aug. in Mem. Philadelphia Soc. for promoting Agric. (1811) 2 100 I have some at each of my farms for the purpose of feeding it [sc. a crop], when half cured, to my horses, and other work team, through the summer. 1933 L. I. Wilder Farmer Boy xi. 75 He was old enough to..drive the old, gentle work-team... They were wise, sober mares. 1942 R. A. Peterson & N. J. Demerath in L. Pope Millhands & Preachers Introd. p. xliii The job routine does not allow for the development of work teams or for personal freedom and initiative. 1965 New Statesman 3 Sept. 321/1 The giant communes were divided into smaller units. The basic unit is a work-team, generally about the size of an average village. 2002 D. Goleman et al. Business: Ultimate Resource 198/3 Multidisciplinary, cross-functional work teams in which power flows from expertise, not position. 2009 L. M. Hasselstrom No Place like Home 67 I named her after the mare in the work team my father had been driving when I moved to the ranch. < 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。