单词 | out of work |
释义 | work1 of 3verb ˈwərk worked ˈwərkt or wrought ˈrȯt ; working intransitive verb 1 a : to perform work or fulfill duties regularly for wages or salary works in publishing b : to perform or carry through a task requiring sustained effort or continuous repeated operations worked all day over a hot stove c : to exert oneself physically or mentally especially in sustained effort for a purpose or under compulsion or necessity 2 : to function or operate according to plan or design hinges work better with oil 3 : to produce a desired effect or result : succeed a plan that will work 4 : to exert an influence or tendency 5 a : to make way slowly and with difficulty : move or progress laboriously worked up to the presidency b : to sail to windward 6 a : to move slightly in relation to another part b : to get into a specified condition by slow or imperceptible movements the knot worked loose c : to be in agitation or restless motion d : ferment sense 1 7 : to permit of being worked : react in a specified way to being worked this wood works easily transitive verb 1 : to set or keep in motion, operation, or activity : cause to operate or produce a pump worked by hand work farmland 2 : to bring to pass : effect work miracles 3 : to solve (a problem) by reasoning or calculation —often used with out 4 a : to cause to toil or labor worked their horses nearly to death b : to make use of : exploit c : to control or guide the operation of switches are worked from a central tower 5 a : to carry on an operation or perform a job through, at, in, or along the peddler worked the corner a sportscaster hired to work the game b : to greet and talk with in a friendly way in order to ingratiate oneself or achieve a purpose politicians working the crowd worked the room 6 : to pay for or achieve with labor or service worked my way through college worked my way up in the company 7 a : to prepare for use by stirring or kneading b : to bring into a desired form by a gradual process of cutting, hammering, scraping, pressing, or stretching work cold steel 8 a : to fashion or create a useful or desired product by expending labor or exertion on : forge, shape work flint into tools b : to make or decorate with needlework especially : embroider 9 a : to get (oneself or an object) into or out of a condition or position by gradual stages b : contrive, arrange we can work it so that you can take your vacation 10 a : excite, provoke worked myself into a rage b : to practice trickery or cajolery on for some end worked the management for a free ticket work 2 of 3noun1 : activity in which one exerts strength or faculties to do or perform something: a : activity that a person engages in regularly to earn a livelihood people looking for work b : a specific task, duty, function, or assignment often being a part or phase of some larger activity c : sustained physical or mental effort to overcome obstacles and achieve an objective or result 2 : one's place of employment didn't go to work today 3 a : something produced or accomplished by effort, exertion, or exercise of skill this book is the work of many hands b : something produced by the exercise of creative talent or expenditure of creative effort : artistic production an early work by a major writer 4 a : something that results from a particular manner or method of working, operating, or devising careful police work clever camera work b : something that results from the use or fashioning of a particular material porcelain work 5 a works plural : structures in engineering (such as docks, bridges, or embankments) or mining (such as shafts or tunnels) b : a fortified structure (such as a fort, earthen barricade, or trench) 6 works plural in form but singular or plural in construction : a place where industrial labor is carried on : plant, factory 7 works plural : the working or moving parts of a mechanism the works of a clock 8 works plural a : everything possessed, available, or belonging the whole works, rod, reel, tackle box, went overboard ordered pizza with the works b : subjection to drastic treatment : all possible abuse —usually used with get or give get the worksgave them the works 9 a : the transference of energy that is produced by the motion of the point of application of a force and is measured by multiplying the force and the displacement of its point of application in the line of action b : energy expended by natural phenomena c : the result of such energy sand dunes are the work of sea and wind 10 a : effective operation : effect, result wait for time to do its healing work b : manner of working : workmanship, execution 11 works plural : performance of moral or religious acts salvation by works 12 : the material or piece of material that is operated upon at any stage in the process of manufacture work 3 of 3adjective1 : suitable or styled for wear while working work clothes 2 : used for work a work elephant 3 : involving or engaged in work a work crew work hours out of work phraseas in unemployed having no job Having been out of work for nearly a year, he was running out of savings to live on. 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