单词 | pile monkey |
释义 | > as lemmaspile monkey pile monkey n. (a) the moving weight in a piledriver; (b) a person who operates pile-driving equipment; = piledriver n. 1b. ΚΠ 1927 R. A. Freeman Certain Dr. Thorndyke i. i. 12 Mysterious thumps, proceeding from nowhere in particular with the weight of a pile-monkey, stretched them gasping on the earth. 2000 Puget Sound Business Jrnl. (Nexis) 3 Nov. 10 Yellow bandanas are a hot item out on construction sites, where the ‘pile monkeys’ who operate piledriving equipment like to wear them. < as lemmas |
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