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单词 grease monkey
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grease monkey
grease monkey n. slang a mechanic.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > engineer > [noun] > motor mechanic
motor mechanic1913
mech1918
grease monkey1928
motor fitter1961
1928 L. Gravatt Pioneers of Air 251 All the way down the line we find them from skilled draftsmen in a polished office to the ‘grease monkeys’ with blackened faces and smeary over-alls.
1946 V. Tempest Near Sun viii. 63 Flight mechanics and fitters, known in the Battle of Britain as ‘grease monkeys’ but generally called in the Royal Air Force ‘Erks’.
1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Nov. 700/3 In Australia he was impressed by the ‘grease~monkey’ at Broken Hill who could afford to run a racing stable.
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