| 单词 | workfulness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈworkfulness ˈworkfulness n. †(a) activity, efficaciousness (obsolete); (b) the fact or action of engaging in (hard) work; the condition of being so engaged. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > [noun] workOE operationa1393 workmanshipc1400 actionc1405 act?a1425 workinga1425 activityc1485 executiona1530 play1548 workfulness1570 inworking1587 acting1605 agency1606 operancea1625 transaction1663 operancyc1811 outworking1846 mediacy1854 functioning1856 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil workeOE i-swincheOE swenchOE swote971 swingc1000 swinkOE swinkinga1225 travailc1275 cark1330 sweatc1380 the sweat of (one's) brow (brows), facec1380 laboura1382 swengc1400 labouragec1470 toil1495 laborationa1500 tug1504 urea1510 carp1548 turmoil1569 moil1612 praelabour1663 fatigue1669 insudation1669 till?a1800 Kaffir work1848 graft1853 workfulness1854 collar-work1871 yakka1888 swot1899 heavy lifting1934 1570 A. Golding tr. D. Chytræus Postil 234 Of the workfulnesse of the woorde: of Apostles: of the vniuersall calling of all nacions. 1854 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 21 459/1 He might have seen, in any Coketown of the manufacturing districts, an allowance of what is playful, to compensate for its workfulness. 1903 J. C. Smith R. Wallace vi. 174 He resigned..a position of usefulness and workfulness. 2006 C. Gallagher Body Econ. iii. 63 The novel is both product and producer of the severe workfulness it seems to criticize. < as lemmas |
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