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单词 roustabout
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
roust•a•bout  (roustə bout′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a wharf laborer or deck hand, as on the Mississippi River.
  2. an unskilled laborer who lives by odd jobs.
  3. a circus laborer who helps in setting up and taking down the tents and in caring for the animals, equipment, and grounds.
  4. any unskilled laborer working in an oil field. Cf. roughneck (def. 2).
  • roust + about 1865–70, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
roustabout /ˈraʊstəˌbaʊt/ n
  1. an unskilled labourer on an oil rig
  2. Austral
    another word for rouseabout
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