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单词 drudging
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
drudge /drʌdʒ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a person who does dull work.
  2. a person who works in a routine way.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
drudge  (druj),USA pronunciation n., v., drudged, drudg•ing. 
n. 
  1. a person who does menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
  2. a person who works in a routine, unimaginative way.

v.i. 
  1. to perform menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
  • compare Old English man's name Drycghelm helmet maker, equivalent. to drycg (akin to drēogan to work) + helm helm2 1485–95
drudg′er, n. 
drudg′ing•ly, adv. 
    • 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged toil, hack, grub, plod, slave.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
drudge /drʌdʒ/ n
  1. a person, such as a servant, who works hard at wearisome menial tasks
 vb
  1. (intransitive) to toil at such tasks
Etymology: 16th Century: perhaps from druggen to toil

ˈdrudger n ˈdrudgingly adv
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