Definition of workman in English:

workman

nounPlural workmen ˈwəːkmənˈwərkmən

1A man employed to do manual labour.
Example sentencesExamples
- The employer, notionally, gives the workman an unshaped plank of wood, and receives in return a plank that has been sawn and nailed.
- One can readily understand an indemnity against claims brought by workmen in respect of plant or tools belonging to the workmen.
- One by one the quarries closed and the workmen were forced to find other employment.
- We believe that it is okay to charge for healing based on the doctrine, ‘The workman is worthy of his hire.’
- The directory even lists hourly rates charged by the workmen - a big bonus if you're on a tight budget.
- He is in receipt of workmen's compensation and has additional income from occasional employment.
- Shipwrights now required a labour force of workmen with a different set of skills who could saw to length and fit a ship together according to plan.
- According to residents no workmen had been seen working there since last week, but they were told to expect them back next Monday.
- Even today workmen in Coldstones Quarry occasionally cut through old mining levels.
- Most of the excavation work will be on the verges but traffic management systems will be in operation on the roads to protect workmen.
- Staff were faced with a huge mopping-up operation and workmen were called in to repair the roof.
- The council argue they have been working hard to resolve the issue but Charlotte is refusing to let workmen access the property to repair the damage.
- We spent a fair bit of time up there on the roof, measuring this and that, and my father was explaining how he wanted things done to his workmen.
- Fairly accurate records were kept of the hours spent by the various workmen employed on the project.
- The leaks may have been caused by bad workmanship or by movement caused by workmen on the roof doing maintenance.
- Most claims by workmen against their employers are paid for by a trade union.
- The workmen are believed to have been employed by North Yorkshire County Council.
- The centre is closed temporarily while workmen carry out major work including the installation of a lift.
- The tide had reached the ship, and now the workmen labouring about the hull were ankle deep in water.
- Town councillors claim workmen continued with the removal even after being warned that they were taking away new crosses.
Synonyms
worker, manual worker, labourer, hand, operative, operator
employee
journeyman, artisan
Indian maistry
1. 1.1with adjective A person with specified skill in a job or craft.
  you check it through, like all good workmen do
  Example sentencesExamples
  But where does the skilled workman or the skilled addressee stand in the spectrum?
  If there is a bad set of specifications and a bad set of materials no good workman can fix the problem, because it is intrinsically defective.
  A skilled workman, Paddy was always working with his hands at home or with the neighbours.
  And it's not like he makes a skilled workman's decision.
  I have no idea what he would have made of his pupil, but he's a really good workman with a delicate sense of lyricism.
  Why can you not attribute to the skilled workman the trade or professional equivalent of Halsbury's Laws of England?
  Skilled workmen then cut out the designs in sheet steel and hauled them to the site for assembly.
  The gearbox had to be removed and, as no spare part was readily available and we wanted to get home to Tyrone, the clutch arm had to be welded up and ground to size by a very skilled workman.
  He was a good and industrious workman in the shop, but both he and his wife were grossly intemperate at home.
  Synonyms
  machinist, operator, machine operator, mechanic, engineer, driver, worker, hand, factory hand, artisan, craftsman, craftswoman, blue-collar worker

Phrases

a bad workman always blames his tools

proverb A person who has done something badly will seek to lay the blame on their equipment rather than admit their own lack of skill.
Example sentencesExamples
- To those who tell you abruptly, in passionate discussions between amateurs, that ‘you should never use a focal length shorter than a 28 mm, otherwise you'd get too much deformation’ we want to answer: c'mon guys, a bad workman always blames his tools, just look at the results obtained by Roger Hicks in Interior Shots with his 14 mm!
- My grandfather always taught me that a bad workman always blames his tools and the poor old Holstein cow is getting bad press because the type of Holstein a breeder may have ` built’ may not suit their management system or style.
- I just cringe at the very sight of cheap painting tools mainly because the old saying that a bad workman always blames his tools is wrong!
- Just because a bad workman always blames his tools doesn't mean blaming one's tools is a sign of being a bad workman.

Rhymes

kirkman, kirkmen, workmen

Definition of workman in US English:

workman

nounˈwərkmənˈwərkmən

1A man employed to do manual labor.
Example sentencesExamples
- The tide had reached the ship, and now the workmen labouring about the hull were ankle deep in water.
- The employer, notionally, gives the workman an unshaped plank of wood, and receives in return a plank that has been sawn and nailed.
- The directory even lists hourly rates charged by the workmen - a big bonus if you're on a tight budget.
- One can readily understand an indemnity against claims brought by workmen in respect of plant or tools belonging to the workmen.
- Even today workmen in Coldstones Quarry occasionally cut through old mining levels.
- Most claims by workmen against their employers are paid for by a trade union.
- We believe that it is okay to charge for healing based on the doctrine, ‘The workman is worthy of his hire.’
- Shipwrights now required a labour force of workmen with a different set of skills who could saw to length and fit a ship together according to plan.
- The workmen are believed to have been employed by North Yorkshire County Council.
- Staff were faced with a huge mopping-up operation and workmen were called in to repair the roof.
- He is in receipt of workmen's compensation and has additional income from occasional employment.
- Fairly accurate records were kept of the hours spent by the various workmen employed on the project.
- We spent a fair bit of time up there on the roof, measuring this and that, and my father was explaining how he wanted things done to his workmen.
- Most of the excavation work will be on the verges but traffic management systems will be in operation on the roads to protect workmen.
- The leaks may have been caused by bad workmanship or by movement caused by workmen on the roof doing maintenance.
- One by one the quarries closed and the workmen were forced to find other employment.
- The centre is closed temporarily while workmen carry out major work including the installation of a lift.
- The council argue they have been working hard to resolve the issue but Charlotte is refusing to let workmen access the property to repair the damage.
- According to residents no workmen had been seen working there since last week, but they were told to expect them back next Monday.
- Town councillors claim workmen continued with the removal even after being warned that they were taking away new crosses.
Synonyms
worker, manual worker, labourer, hand, operative, operator
1. 1.1with adjective A person with specified skill in a job or craft.
  you check it through, like all good workmen do
  Example sentencesExamples
  If there is a bad set of specifications and a bad set of materials no good workman can fix the problem, because it is intrinsically defective.
  Why can you not attribute to the skilled workman the trade or professional equivalent of Halsbury's Laws of England?
  Skilled workmen then cut out the designs in sheet steel and hauled them to the site for assembly.
  He was a good and industrious workman in the shop, but both he and his wife were grossly intemperate at home.
  And it's not like he makes a skilled workman's decision.
  The gearbox had to be removed and, as no spare part was readily available and we wanted to get home to Tyrone, the clutch arm had to be welded up and ground to size by a very skilled workman.
  A skilled workman, Paddy was always working with his hands at home or with the neighbours.
  I have no idea what he would have made of his pupil, but he's a really good workman with a delicate sense of lyricism.
  But where does the skilled workman or the skilled addressee stand in the spectrum?
  Synonyms
  machinist, operator, machine operator, mechanic, engineer, driver, worker, hand, factory hand, artisan, craftsman, craftswoman, blue-collar worker

单词	workman
释义	Definition of workman in English: workman nounPlural workmen ˈwəːkmənˈwərkmən 1A man employed to do manual labour. Example sentencesExamples The employer, notionally, gives the workman an unshaped plank of wood, and receives in return a plank that has been sawn and nailed. One can readily understand an indemnity against claims brought by workmen in respect of plant or tools belonging to the workmen. One by one the quarries closed and the workmen were forced to find other employment. We believe that it is okay to charge for healing based on the doctrine, ‘The workman is worthy of his hire.’ The directory even lists hourly rates charged by the workmen - a big bonus if you're on a tight budget. He is in receipt of workmen's compensation and has additional income from occasional employment. Shipwrights now required a labour force of workmen with a different set of skills who could saw to length and fit a ship together according to plan. According to residents no workmen had been seen working there since last week, but they were told to expect them back next Monday. Even today workmen in Coldstones Quarry occasionally cut through old mining levels. Most of the excavation work will be on the verges but traffic management systems will be in operation on the roads to protect workmen. Staff were faced with a huge mopping-up operation and workmen were called in to repair the roof. The council argue they have been working hard to resolve the issue but Charlotte is refusing to let workmen access the property to repair the damage. We spent a fair bit of time up there on the roof, measuring this and that, and my father was explaining how he wanted things done to his workmen. Fairly accurate records were kept of the hours spent by the various workmen employed on the project. The leaks may have been caused by bad workmanship or by movement caused by workmen on the roof doing maintenance. Most claims by workmen against their employers are paid for by a trade union. The workmen are believed to have been employed by North Yorkshire County Council. The centre is closed temporarily while workmen carry out major work including the installation of a lift. The tide had reached the ship, and now the workmen labouring about the hull were ankle deep in water. Town councillors claim workmen continued with the removal even after being warned that they were taking away new crosses. Synonyms worker, manual worker, labourer, hand, operative, operator employee journeyman, artisan Indian maistry 1.1with adjective A person with specified skill in a job or craft. you check it through, like all good workmen do Example sentencesExamples But where does the skilled workman or the skilled addressee stand in the spectrum? If there is a bad set of specifications and a bad set of materials no good workman can fix the problem, because it is intrinsically defective. A skilled workman, Paddy was always working with his hands at home or with the neighbours. And it's not like he makes a skilled workman's decision. I have no idea what he would have made of his pupil, but he's a really good workman with a delicate sense of lyricism. Why can you not attribute to the skilled workman the trade or professional equivalent of Halsbury's Laws of England? Skilled workmen then cut out the designs in sheet steel and hauled them to the site for assembly. The gearbox had to be removed and, as no spare part was readily available and we wanted to get home to Tyrone, the clutch arm had to be welded up and ground to size by a very skilled workman. He was a good and industrious workman in the shop, but both he and his wife were grossly intemperate at home. Synonyms machinist, operator, machine operator, mechanic, engineer, driver, worker, hand, factory hand, artisan, craftsman, craftswoman, blue-collar worker Phrases a bad workman always blames his tools proverb A person who has done something badly will seek to lay the blame on their equipment rather than admit their own lack of skill. Example sentencesExamples To those who tell you abruptly, in passionate discussions between amateurs, that ‘you should never use a focal length shorter than a 28 mm, otherwise you'd get too much deformation’ we want to answer: c'mon guys, a bad workman always blames his tools, just look at the results obtained by Roger Hicks in Interior Shots with his 14 mm! My grandfather always taught me that a bad workman always blames his tools and the poor old Holstein cow is getting bad press because the type of Holstein a breeder may have ` built’ may not suit their management system or style. I just cringe at the very sight of cheap painting tools mainly because the old saying that a bad workman always blames his tools is wrong! Just because a bad workman always blames his tools doesn't mean blaming one's tools is a sign of being a bad workman. Rhymes kirkman, kirkmen, workmen noun.1 phr. Definition of workman in US English: workman nounˈwərkmənˈwərkmən 1A man employed to do manual labor. Example sentencesExamples The tide had reached the ship, and now the workmen labouring about the hull were ankle deep in water. The employer, notionally, gives the workman an unshaped plank of wood, and receives in return a plank that has been sawn and nailed. The directory even lists hourly rates charged by the workmen - a big bonus if you're on a tight budget. One can readily understand an indemnity against claims brought by workmen in respect of plant or tools belonging to the workmen. Even today workmen in Coldstones Quarry occasionally cut through old mining levels. Most claims by workmen against their employers are paid for by a trade union. We believe that it is okay to charge for healing based on the doctrine, ‘The workman is worthy of his hire.’ Shipwrights now required a labour force of workmen with a different set of skills who could saw to length and fit a ship together according to plan. The workmen are believed to have been employed by North Yorkshire County Council. Staff were faced with a huge mopping-up operation and workmen were called in to repair the roof. He is in receipt of workmen's compensation and has additional income from occasional employment. Fairly accurate records were kept of the hours spent by the various workmen employed on the project. We spent a fair bit of time up there on the roof, measuring this and that, and my father was explaining how he wanted things done to his workmen. Most of the excavation work will be on the verges but traffic management systems will be in operation on the roads to protect workmen. The leaks may have been caused by bad workmanship or by movement caused by workmen on the roof doing maintenance. One by one the quarries closed and the workmen were forced to find other employment. The centre is closed temporarily while workmen carry out major work including the installation of a lift. The council argue they have been working hard to resolve the issue but Charlotte is refusing to let workmen access the property to repair the damage. According to residents no workmen had been seen working there since last week, but they were told to expect them back next Monday. Town councillors claim workmen continued with the removal even after being warned that they were taking away new crosses. Synonyms worker, manual worker, labourer, hand, operative, operator 1.1with adjective A person with specified skill in a job or craft. you check it through, like all good workmen do Example sentencesExamples If there is a bad set of specifications and a bad set of materials no good workman can fix the problem, because it is intrinsically defective. Why can you not attribute to the skilled workman the trade or professional equivalent of Halsbury's Laws of England? Skilled workmen then cut out the designs in sheet steel and hauled them to the site for assembly. He was a good and industrious workman in the shop, but both he and his wife were grossly intemperate at home. And it's not like he makes a skilled workman's decision. The gearbox had to be removed and, as no spare part was readily available and we wanted to get home to Tyrone, the clutch arm had to be welded up and ground to size by a very skilled workman. A skilled workman, Paddy was always working with his hands at home or with the neighbours. I have no idea what he would have made of his pupil, but he's a really good workman with a delicate sense of lyricism. But where does the skilled workman or the skilled addressee stand in the spectrum? Synonyms machinist, operator, machine operator, mechanic, engineer, driver, worker, hand, factory hand, artisan, craftsman, craftswoman, blue-collar worker
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