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

1. transitive. To remove, efface, or erode (esp. by labour or effort).

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the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport > off or away > forcibly

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1602 T. Russel Diacatholicon Aureum ii. sig. B4 And selecting the subtill inward medicinable vertue, drawing it into the veynes to helpe her selfe to worke away all that offendeth her.

1745 R. Pococke Descr. East II. ii. ii. 227 They light the fires, where they have worked away all the ore that was loosened.

1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 161 This stoping is not unlike the hewing a flight of steps in a rock, where each man works away the step above that which he stands on.

1829 Q. Jrnl. Agric. 1 No. 4. 422 Place the index of the protractor at 89°, and at the first mark or division next to the last, apply it as before, and again work away the wood, until it fits the angle of the protractor.

1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 231 Horizontal level headings driven through a pillar..in order to work away the coal.

1937 C. L. Camp & G. D. Hanna Methods in Paleontol. 37 It is best to work away the last thin shell of matrix with a hand needle or with the dental mallet.

2011 V. Holt Spiritual Facelift ii. 54 Many natural beauty experts offer a natural facelift whereby they work away your wrinkles with a deep facial tissue massage.

2. intransitive. To work continuously or methodically; to keep working (at something).

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > carry on vigorously [verb (transitive)] > apply oneself to vigorously

to stand to ——?a1400

to shove at1542

to fall upon ——1617

to work awaya1635

to fall aboard1642

to fall on ——1650

to go at ——1675

to pitch into ——1823

to lay into1880

to be (also go) at the ——1898

to sail in1936

a1635 R. Sibbes Light from Heaven (1638) iv. 103 We see the Physitian by his art and skill, when he sees nature working away, then he will helpe nature, till the cure be wrought.

1778 Town & Country Mag. Oct. 542/2 Come, Lubin, my lad, work away; Love, and Annette, thy toil will repay.

1855 W. M. Thackeray Rose & Ring xiv. 89 He sat down and worked away, very, very hard.

1863 E. C. Gaskell Dark Night's Work xii. 225 She was..still working away at her languages in any spare time.

1936 M. Kennedy Together & Apart i. 33 The machine in the power house..was working away for dear life.

1998 Times 25 June 50/7 He worked away at his returns and his ground-strokes.

2013 Observer (Nexis) 25 Aug. 48 A suited man, already working away furiously on his laptop.

3. intransitive. To apply oneself methodically or vigorously to eating or drinking something. Frequently with at.

1840 W. M. Thackeray Barber Cox in Comic Almanack 9 The Duchess and the great ladies were all seated,..working away at the ices and macaroons.

1866 S. W. Baker Albert N'yanza II. 37 Saat..works away with his spoon,..the soup disappearing like water in the desert.

1987 B. Duffy World as I found It (1990) 116 He worked away at an enormous welcoming meal.

2007 C. C. Williamsen Sherlock, John, & Trevor ii. 22 We were all working away at the food to the exclusion of all conversation.

单词	to work away
释义	> as lemmas to work away to work away 1. transitive. To remove, efface, or erode (esp. by labour or effort). ΘΠ the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport > off or away > forcibly ravisha1382 to work away1602 1602 T. Russel Diacatholicon Aureum ii. sig. B4 And selecting the subtill inward medicinable vertue, drawing it into the veynes to helpe her selfe to worke away all that offendeth her. 1745 R. Pococke Descr. East II. ii. ii. 227 They light the fires, where they have worked away all the ore that was loosened. 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 161 This stoping is not unlike the hewing a flight of steps in a rock, where each man works away the step above that which he stands on. 1829 Q. Jrnl. Agric. 1 No. 4. 422 Place the index of the protractor at 89°, and at the first mark or division next to the last, apply it as before, and again work away the wood, until it fits the angle of the protractor. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 231 Horizontal level headings driven through a pillar..in order to work away the coal. 1937 C. L. Camp & G. D. Hanna Methods in Paleontol. 37 It is best to work away the last thin shell of matrix with a hand needle or with the dental mallet. 2011 V. Holt Spiritual Facelift ii. 54 Many natural beauty experts offer a natural facelift whereby they work away your wrinkles with a deep facial tissue massage. 2. intransitive. To work continuously or methodically; to keep working (at something). ΘΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > carry on vigorously [verb (transitive)] > apply oneself to vigorously to stand to ——?a1400 to shove at1542 to fall upon ——1617 to work awaya1635 to fall aboard1642 to fall on ——1650 to go at ——1675 to pitch into ——1823 to lay into1880 to be (also go) at the ——1898 to sail in1936 a1635 R. Sibbes Light from Heaven (1638) iv. 103 We see the Physitian by his art and skill, when he sees nature working away, then he will helpe nature, till the cure be wrought. 1778 Town & Country Mag. Oct. 542/2 Come, Lubin, my lad, work away; Love, and Annette, thy toil will repay. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Rose & Ring xiv. 89 He sat down and worked away, very, very hard. 1863 E. C. Gaskell Dark Night's Work xii. 225 She was..still working away at her languages in any spare time. 1936 M. Kennedy Together & Apart i. 33 The machine in the power house..was working away for dear life. 1998 Times 25 June 50/7 He worked away at his returns and his ground-strokes. 2013 Observer (Nexis) 25 Aug. 48 A suited man, already working away furiously on his laptop. 3. intransitive. To apply oneself methodically or vigorously to eating or drinking something. Frequently with at. Π 1840 W. M. Thackeray Barber Cox in Comic Almanack 9 The Duchess and the great ladies were all seated,..working away at the ices and macaroons. 1866 S. W. Baker Albert N'yanza II. 37 Saat..works away with his spoon,..the soup disappearing like water in the desert. 1987 B. Duffy World as I found It (1990) 116 He worked away at an enormous welcoming meal. 2007 C. C. Williamsen Sherlock, John, & Trevor ii. 22 We were all working away at the food to the exclusion of all conversation. extracted from workv. < as lemmas
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