| 单词 | scut work |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscut work Tedious menial work. Frequently attributive in scut work. ΚΠ 1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 454/1 Scud, scut,..hard, boring, or tedious tasks; minor details that are unrewarding and time-consuming. 1972 Newsweek 10 Jan. 37/2 Huber inflicted a fair amount of scut work on the boy—washing dishes, fetching books and journals from the library. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 20 Mar. 14/2 I did all the scutwork: paid the bills, ran the houses, drove the children. 1978 L. Pryor Viper (1979) iii. 40 The servants..were..brought from Iran and Turkey to do the scut work. 1978 Maledicta 2 69 Scut, menial medical procedures that must be carried out, usually relegated to the least senior member of the medical team. < as lemmas |
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