英语词汇“at work”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. at work.

(a) Occupied with labour; engaged in a task; working, esp. at one's regular job or occupation. Cf. hard at work at hard adj. and n. Phrases 6a.

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society > occupation and work > working > [adverb]

in worka1382

at work?1440

in (also into, out of) employ1659

to work1776

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupied or busy [phrase]

at work?1440

at it1609

in (full) play1669

on the run1795

on the trot1822

on the hop1863

on the job1882

for (or on) the (high) jump1884

as busy as a nailer1899

the world > action or operation > in operation [phrase] > specifically of a machine

at work1683

in tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) Prol. l. 90 At Oxenford thys lord his bookis fele Hath euery clerk at werk.

1511 H. Watson tr. St. Bernardino Chirche of Euyll Men & Women sig. D.iij^v You se it by y^e experyence of dyuers, they can not abyde halfe a day at werke.

1570 J. God Disc. Great Crueltie of Widowe sig. B.iij^v Hard at woorke,..She skant would lift hir from her stoole where she as then did spin.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. i. 73 I was set [i.e. seated] at worke, Among my Maids.

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 148 That the Matrice fly or start not back when it is at Work.

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccccxl. 417 You [sc. a mole] have Nothing for Digging 'tis True; but pray who set you at Work?

1709 J. Strype Let. 21 Mar. in Lett. to R. Thoresby (1832) II. 235 The book will make one hundred sheets in folio,..and there are three presses at work about it.

1773 Scots Mag. June 326/2 They were taken at Pittsylvania, about two o'clock in the afternoon, at work in their shop.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. x. 141 The poor woman was still hard at work at an ironing-table.

1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men II. xxxii. 295 The street..was as quiet as on the Sunday, the children being at school and the men at work.

1940 R. Wright Native Son i. 11 With his hands deep in his pockets, another cigarette slanting across his chin, he brooded and watched the men at work.

1979 D. P. Jordan King's Trial i. 18 Edmund Burke..was already at work on the first great book to be inspired by the Revolution.

2008 C. Walsh Interns: Truth or Fashion iii. 35 When I'm away from my desk, you make sure to tell people that I'm hard at work on our presentation.

(b) More generally: occupied in some action or process, esp. to a definite end; actively engaged; in operation.

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the world > action or operation > in operation [phrase]

aworka1398

at work1549

in action1584

on foot1586

in motion1598

in operation1878

1549 W. Baldwin Canticles of Salomon iv. sig. f.i^v Thy brestes, thy helpe to succour all that nede Alwayes at wurke.

1655 in C. H. Firth Clarke Papers (1899) III. 17 The Blades..who were att worke to have brought new troubles uppon us.

1688 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 600 The Jesuites hard at worke to foment confusions amongst the Protestants.

a1708 W. Beveridge Wks. (1720) I. xl. 344 The Father is always at work in the Government of the World.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison III. xviii. 158 Your pretty imagination is always at work to aggrandize the man.

1820 R. Southey Life Wesley I. 3 He has set mightier principles at work.

1862 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 35 The mare..continued her feeding. How she enjoyed this plashy young grass! She had been at work in this way for the last five or six hours.

1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 12 The little kernel of leaven that sets the gases at work.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 874 These lowly lichens..begin the weathering of the rocks, and we find them at work on the tops of the hills.

1970 Observer 15 Feb. (Colour Suppl.) 24/1 Sinister influences are at work to turn Fiji into another Hawaii, that plastic paradise further along the route.

2009 L. Joseph in L. Robin et al. Boom & Bust 219 Ways of thinking about how evolution is at work in species that undergo periodic booms and busts.

(c) Of a mine: in the process of being worked (work v. 30b); in active operation.

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society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [adverb] > in process of being worked

at work1665

1665 D. Dudley Mettallum Martis sig. A4 They..would lay in a Common, or Joynt Stock, fully to set the Mines at Work.

1713 M. Stringer Opera Mineralia Explicata 245 Thomas Bushel; who..extracted to much Silver and Gold, as kept several Mines at work.

1802 J. Britton & E. W. Brayley Beauties Eng. & Wales III. 27 During the times the mines are at work, the laborers are reported to be watched as narrowly as if they were gathering pearls.

1878 Ann. Rep. Dept. Mines New S. Wales 1877 67 At present the only mine at work in the Quartz Ridge is that known by the name of the Just in Time.

1911 Act 1 & 2 George V c. 50 §36 Two shafts..with which every seam for the time being at work in the mine shall have a communication.

1951 N.Y. Herald Tribune 1 Apr. ii. 10/5 Only five lode gold mines are at work compared to thirty producers before the war.

1998 R. Church Strikes & Solidarity (2002) v. 89 The prevalence of strikes in 1938, when 9 or 10 per cent of all mines at work were struck, was..greater than in previous years.

单词	at work
释义	> as lemmas at work a. at work. (a) Occupied with labour; engaged in a task; working, esp. at one's regular job or occupation. Cf. hard at work at hard adj. and n. Phrases 6a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > [adverb] in worka1382 at work?1440 in (also into, out of) employ1659 to work1776 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupied or busy [phrase] at work?1440 at it1609 in (full) play1669 on the run1795 on the trot1822 on the hop1863 on the job1882 for (or on) the (high) jump1884 as busy as a nailer1899 the world > action or operation > in operation [phrase] > specifically of a machine at work1683 in tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) Prol. l. 90 At Oxenford thys lord his bookis fele Hath euery clerk at werk. 1511 H. Watson tr. St. Bernardino Chirche of Euyll Men & Women sig. D.iij^v You se it by y^e experyence of dyuers, they can not abyde halfe a day at werke. 1570 J. God Disc. Great Crueltie of Widowe sig. B.iij^v Hard at woorke,..She skant would lift hir from her stoole where she as then did spin. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. i. 73 I was set [i.e. seated] at worke, Among my Maids. View more context for this quotation 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 148 That the Matrice fly or start not back when it is at Work. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccccxl. 417 You [sc. a mole] have Nothing for Digging 'tis True; but pray who set you at Work? 1709 J. Strype Let. 21 Mar. in Lett. to R. Thoresby (1832) II. 235 The book will make one hundred sheets in folio,..and there are three presses at work about it. 1773 Scots Mag. June 326/2 They were taken at Pittsylvania, about two o'clock in the afternoon, at work in their shop. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. x. 141 The poor woman was still hard at work at an ironing-table. 1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men II. xxxii. 295 The street..was as quiet as on the Sunday, the children being at school and the men at work. 1940 R. Wright Native Son i. 11 With his hands deep in his pockets, another cigarette slanting across his chin, he brooded and watched the men at work. 1979 D. P. Jordan King's Trial i. 18 Edmund Burke..was already at work on the first great book to be inspired by the Revolution. 2008 C. Walsh Interns: Truth or Fashion iii. 35 When I'm away from my desk, you make sure to tell people that I'm hard at work on our presentation. (b) More generally: occupied in some action or process, esp. to a definite end; actively engaged; in operation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > in operation [phrase] aworka1398 at work1549 in action1584 on foot1586 in motion1598 in operation1878 1549 W. Baldwin Canticles of Salomon iv. sig. f.i^v Thy brestes, thy helpe to succour all that nede Alwayes at wurke. 1655 in C. H. Firth Clarke Papers (1899) III. 17 The Blades..who were att worke to have brought new troubles uppon us. 1688 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 600 The Jesuites hard at worke to foment confusions amongst the Protestants. a1708 W. Beveridge Wks. (1720) I. xl. 344 The Father is always at work in the Government of the World. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison III. xviii. 158 Your pretty imagination is always at work to aggrandize the man. 1820 R. Southey Life Wesley I. 3 He has set mightier principles at work. 1862 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 35 The mare..continued her feeding. How she enjoyed this plashy young grass! She had been at work in this way for the last five or six hours. 1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 12 The little kernel of leaven that sets the gases at work. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 874 These lowly lichens..begin the weathering of the rocks, and we find them at work on the tops of the hills. 1970 Observer 15 Feb. (Colour Suppl.) 24/1 Sinister influences are at work to turn Fiji into another Hawaii, that plastic paradise further along the route. 2009 L. Joseph in L. Robin et al. Boom & Bust 219 Ways of thinking about how evolution is at work in species that undergo periodic booms and busts. (c) Of a mine: in the process of being worked (work v. 30b); in active operation. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [adverb] > in process of being worked at work1665 1665 D. Dudley Mettallum Martis sig. A4 They..would lay in a Common, or Joynt Stock, fully to set the Mines at Work. 1713 M. Stringer Opera Mineralia Explicata 245 Thomas Bushel; who..extracted to much Silver and Gold, as kept several Mines at work. 1802 J. Britton & E. W. Brayley Beauties Eng. & Wales III. 27 During the times the mines are at work, the laborers are reported to be watched as narrowly as if they were gathering pearls. 1878 Ann. Rep. Dept. Mines New S. Wales 1877 67 At present the only mine at work in the Quartz Ridge is that known by the name of the Just in Time. 1911 Act 1 & 2 George V c. 50 §36 Two shafts..with which every seam for the time being at work in the mine shall have a communication. 1951 N.Y. Herald Tribune 1 Apr. ii. 10/5 Only five lode gold mines are at work compared to thirty producers before the war. 1998 R. Church Strikes & Solidarity (2002) v. 89 The prevalence of strikes in 1938, when 9 or 10 per cent of all mines at work were struck, was..greater than in previous years. extracted from workn. < as lemmas
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