| 单词 | straw boss |
| 释义 | straw boss (once / 151530 pages) n WORD FAMILY straw boss: straw bosses USAGE EXAMPLESFederal lawmakers such as Chaffetz clearly consider themselves straw bosses and chieftains — masters of all they survey from their vantage point on Capitol Hill. Washington Post(Apr 24, 2015) “Break up that prayer meeting!” the white straw boss yelled. Richard Wright, Black Boy(1945) He had not gone himself, but took a straw boss's job in the pipe mill. Walker, Charles Rumford, Steel—The Diary of a Furnace Worker(2012) n a member of a work gang who supervises the other workers Syn|Hyper assistant foreman boss, chief, foreman, gaffer, honcho a person who exercises control over workers |
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