单词 | road gang |
释义 | road gang in British English (rəʊd ɡæŋ) noun US a group of labourers who repair roads I saw one road gang in which an old woman was struggling to lift a heavy rock. road gang in American Englishnoun 1. a group of workers employed to repair or build roads 2. (in the US) a detail of prisoners set to repairing a road Word origin [1885–90]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: classified, foregut, lineup, toner, upsweep |
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