单词	roughneck
释义	roughneck /ˈrʌfnɛk / informal noun 1A rough and uncouth person: the usual roughnecks and gangsters... The roughnecks and hooligans have gone and instead families on a Saturday night dine alfresco on the broad shrub-lined pavements as though they were in Paris. Above all, every effort is made to avoid roughnecks and ‘muscle-bound morons.’ The power in Corb's songs is his ability to bring his world of roughnecks and steer roping to life on the stage. 2An oil rig worker.He gave two-thirds of full-time employees - everyone from top management to roughnecks working on oil rigs - Net-linked laptops.... When I worked in the South as a roughneck on oil rigs and as a steamfitter, I saw men like Walt get hung out to dry. The bump-backs cascade down the hierarchy of skills and seniority; the roustabouts and roughnecks in lesser-skilled positions and typically of recent hire go walking. verb [no object] (usually as noun roughnecking) Work on an oil rig: his savings from roughnecking are gone... Folk who were in the jungle five years ago, they're working on the rigs now, roughnecking - think of that for a new beginning! During the 1980s oil boom my oldest son roughnecked for his college money.
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