| 单词 | worker out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasworker out C1. With adverbs, in compound agent nouns corresponding to phrasal verbs at work v., as worker out, worker up, etc. (see work v. Phrasal verbs 1). Π 1632 J. Mabbe tr. J. de Santa Maria Christian Policie xxvi. 235 Vnus quisque est artifex fortunæ suæ : Euery man is the worker out of his own fortune [no direct equivalent in Sp. original]. 1656 H. Seaman Second ed. New Almanack, or Nocturnall Revised 10 He be no very good worker up. 1698 in Acts & Laws Massachusetts-Bay (1724) 116 Tanners, Curriers, and Dressers, or Workers up of Leather. 1729 T. Stackhouse Compl. Body Divinity iv. ii. 644 To the humble and the mortified Christian, to the diligent Worker out of his own, and zealous Promoter of other Mens Salvation. 1774 W. Greaves Reasons for Law to prevent Unnecessary Removals of Poor 12 Those workers up of the natural productions and riches of our happy island. 1829 E. Irving Church & State Responsible to Christ iv. 129 The worker-in of the new dynasty. 1835 J. Duncombe Dens London Exposed i. 1 The worker-up of novels. 1867 Dwight's Jrnl. Music 17 Aug. 82/1 What is left, by the Parisian workers-over of the text, of the comic humor of Juliet's nurse? 1965 I. H. Seeley Building Quantities Explained xvi. 237 It is necessary for the ‘worker-up’ to look through the dimension sheets, before he commences abstracting. 2010 Bega District (Hong Kong) News (Nexis) 13 Dec. I was their matron, their friend, their worker-out of problems. < as lemmas |
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