| 单词 | in journey |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin journey 5. A day's labour; hence, a certain fixed amount of daily labour; a daily spell or turn of work (see quots.). Obsolete exc. dialect. †in journey, at work as a day-labourer (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > amounts of work > [noun] > day's work dayworkOE day's workOE journey1387 darg1489 society > occupation and work > working > [adverb] > at daywork in journey1502 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xvii. 5 When here deuer is don and his daies iourne, Þen may men wite what he is worþ. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5870 Fra þat time nedis had þai, Do tua iornays apon a day. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xxx. sig. ll.vi v They the whiche holden werkemen in Iourney. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxvii Ordinaunces..against the excessiue taking of Masons..and other laborers, for their daily iorneis. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Iourney with cattell at cartynge, plowynge, opera. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Journey..Among Farmers a Days Work, in ploughing, sowing, reaping, etc. 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Journey, a day's work. 1881 H. Smith & C. R. Smith Isle of Wight Words Journey, a day's work at plough. < as lemmas |
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