单词 | hard-working |
释义 | > as lemmashard-working hard-working adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > diligent or industrious busyOE swinkfulOE laboriousa1393 virtuousc1450 eident1529 operose1546 laboursome1552 industrious1591 work-likea1642 work-brittle1647 notable1666 nitle1673 hard-working1682 worksome1830 shirtsleeve1864 workful1875 society > occupation and work > working > [adjective] > working > working (too) hard swinking?c1225 hard-working1682 driven1797 grinded1833 slave-driven1933 1682 T. Tryon Healths Grand Preservative ii. 16 Hard working rough Trades and Imployments. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 224 The hard working wives of the peasants. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxviii. 371 Five nights' camping out in the snow, with hard-working days between. 1881 C. M. Yonge Lads & Lasses Langley ii. 97 She knelt upon the grass, with her bare hard-working knotty hands clasped. 1917 V. Eliot Let. 22 Oct. in T. S. Eliot Lett. (1988) I. 202 She is clean and hard-working, an excellent cook and a most finished servant altogether. 1975 Investors Chron. 28 Feb. 589/1 He is not a slave driver but somehow generates an extremely hard-working atmosphere. 2013 FourFourTwo Jan. 86/2 A hard-working, technically excellent defender. < as lemmas |
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