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单词 journeyman
释义
journeymanjour‧ney‧man /ˈdʒɜːnimən $ -ɜːr-/ noun (plural journeymen /-mən/) [countable] old-fashioned Word Origin
WORD ORIGINjourneyman
Origin:
1400-1500 journey ‘day's work’ (13-19 centuries) + man
Examples
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  • Following a tremendous start to this term, the one-time journeyman has pronounced his determination to go for the title.
  • Francis Place, remembering his days as a journeyman tailor, endorsed this view.
  • Most householders were probably employees rather than employers, men who worked as journeymen or casual labourers.
  • Neill's had 109 women and only 37 journeymen compositors.
  • One day a young journeyman white-washing the inside of the houses ran his brush over the toad's back.
  • Such women may have been rather running businesses than producing goods in so far as they relied on journeymen.
  • When he refused, all his journeymen quit.
1a trained worker who works for someone else2an experienced worker whose work is acceptable but not excellent
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