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

c. of all work (also †works): (as postmodifier) employed in or involving all kinds of (esp. domestic) work, as opposed to one particular role or responsibility. Also in extended use. Now somewhat archaic.For more established phrases, as man-of-all-work, maid-of-all-work, woman of all work, etc., see the first element.

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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > [phrase] > employed in all kinds of work

of all work (also works)1750

1750 Student 1 No. 5. 173 She..sent for us, and in a week's time recommended us both to places, what they call in London places of all work.

1775 Pennsylvania Evening Post 30 Mar. 114/2 (advt.) Wanted a complete Servant for a Place of all Work, in a middling Family.

1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility III. ii. 50 Two maids and two men, indeed!.. No, no, they must get a stout girl of all works .

1824 W. Scott in A. Radcliffe Novels Pref. p. xviii A garrulous waiting-maid;..a villain or two of all work.

1896 Current Lit. July 15/1 A literary hack is a writer of all work who writes for pay.

1914 Nation 16 May 271/2 Another industrious author of all work.

2007 J. E. Fischer in J. E. Fischer & K. I. Bland Master of Surg. (ed. 5) I. Pref. p. xxix/2 The director of the department, business manager, factotum, and person of all work.

单词	of all work
释义	> as lemmas of all work (also †works) c. of all work (also †works): (as postmodifier) employed in or involving all kinds of (esp. domestic) work, as opposed to one particular role or responsibility. Also in extended use. Now somewhat archaic.For more established phrases, as man-of-all-work, maid-of-all-work, woman of all work, etc., see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > [phrase] > employed in all kinds of work of all work (also works)1750 1750 Student 1 No. 5. 173 She..sent for us, and in a week's time recommended us both to places, what they call in London places of all work. 1775 Pennsylvania Evening Post 30 Mar. 114/2 (advt.) Wanted a complete Servant for a Place of all Work, in a middling Family. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility III. ii. 50 Two maids and two men, indeed!.. No, no, they must get a stout girl of all works . View more context for this quotation 1824 W. Scott in A. Radcliffe Novels Pref. p. xviii A garrulous waiting-maid;..a villain or two of all work. 1896 Current Lit. July 15/1 A literary hack is a writer of all work who writes for pay. 1914 Nation 16 May 271/2 Another industrious author of all work. 2007 J. E. Fischer in J. E. Fischer & K. I. Bland Master of Surg. (ed. 5) I. Pref. p. xxix/2 The director of the department, business manager, factotum, and person of all work. extracted from workn. < as lemmas
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