| 释义 |
drudgedrudge /drʌdʒ/ noun [countable]   - One of the women said that since having four children, she felt she'd been reduced to a household drudge.
- Some drudge in the post office wouldn't give me any tape for my package.
- The work I was given was the same, day after day; I felt like a drudge.
- Before the marriage Maggie had been little more than a drudge round the house.
- He found a job as a sheet-metal worker, drudge and grime and long hours and low pay.
- Surely one of thee needs a drudge?
someone who does the hardest or most boring work► drudge someone who works hard at something that is difficult and boring, especially for people who do not realize or care that the work is difficult and boring: · The work I was given was the same, day after day; I felt like a drudge.a household drudge (=someone who stays at home doing nothing except boring tasks around the house): · One of the women said that since having four children, she felt she'd been reduced to a household drudge. ► dogsbody British /peon American informal a person who does the boring or unimportant jobs that no one else wants to do: · You have to be prepared to be a peon when you start -- sweeping floors, delivering, that kind of thing.a general dogsbody: · I got myself a job as a typist and general dogsbody on a small magazine. someone who does hard boring work—drudge verb [intransitive] |