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

sand-hog n. U.S. a man who works underground, as in a caisson or in foundation-work; also figurative.

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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in specific place > [noun] > underground

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1903 Cent. Mag. Nov. 43/1 The tunnel workers, or ‘Sand Hogs’, enter the lower chambers of the shield.

1904 N.Y. Evening Post 11 Jan. 3 The men who are employed as ‘sandhogs’ or excavators in the caisson for the new Manhattan Bridge.

1907 Sci. Amer. 23 Mar. 250/1 Pressure-men, that remarkable class of men who make it their business to work in compressed air, and who are commonly known as ‘sand-hogs’.

1940 R. Chandler Farewell, my Lovely xiii. 98 He just got through working as a sandhog on the San Jack tunnel.

1965 National Observer (U.S.) 13 Dec. 12/1 Those who view Mr. Sweeney and his Appalachian Commission associates as ‘sandhogs’ are the other poverty operations.

1977 N. Hynd Sandler Inquiry xvii. 130 George McAdam was a ‘sandhog’.

1977 N. Hynd Sandler Inquiry xvii. 131 The sandhogs were the British agents in oil intelligence.

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释义	> as lemmas sand-hog sand-hog n. U.S. a man who works underground, as in a caisson or in foundation-work; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in specific place > [noun] > underground sand-hog1903 1903 Cent. Mag. Nov. 43/1 The tunnel workers, or ‘Sand Hogs’, enter the lower chambers of the shield. 1904 N.Y. Evening Post 11 Jan. 3 The men who are employed as ‘sandhogs’ or excavators in the caisson for the new Manhattan Bridge. 1907 Sci. Amer. 23 Mar. 250/1 Pressure-men, that remarkable class of men who make it their business to work in compressed air, and who are commonly known as ‘sand-hogs’. 1940 R. Chandler Farewell, my Lovely xiii. 98 He just got through working as a sandhog on the San Jack tunnel. 1965 National Observer (U.S.) 13 Dec. 12/1 Those who view Mr. Sweeney and his Appalachian Commission associates as ‘sandhogs’ are the other poverty operations. 1977 N. Hynd Sandler Inquiry xvii. 130 George McAdam was a ‘sandhog’. 1977 N. Hynd Sandler Inquiry xvii. 131 The sandhogs were the British agents in oil intelligence. extracted from sandn.² < as lemmas
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