单词 | green-collar |
释义 | green-collar[ green-kol-er ] / ˈgrinˈkɒl ər / adjectivenoting or relating to workers, jobs, or businesses that are involved in protecting the environment or solving environmental problems: green-collar careers in renewable energy and other technologies. noting or relating to actions that negatively affect the environment: green-collar crime such as illegal logging. noun Also green collar .a green-collar worker. Origin of green-collarFirst recorded in 1990–95; green (in the sense “environmentally sound or beneficial”), on the model of blue-collar, blue-collar Words nearby green-collargreenbottle, greenbottle fly, greenbrier, greenbug, green card, green-collar, green corn, green crab, Green Cross Code, Greendale, green dragon Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for green-collargreen-collar adjectiveof, relating to, or designating workers involved in environmental protection, or employed by companies that have protection of the environment as a stated aim Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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