working dayn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌwəːkɪŋ ˈdeɪ/, U.S.

/ˌwərkɪŋ ˈdeɪ/

Forms: see working n. and day n. Also 1500s warkynday, 1500s workendai, 1600s worken day.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: working n., day n.

Etymology: < working n. + day n. Compare earlier workday n. and workaday n. Compare Dutch werkende dag (1514).

A. n.

a. A day of the week on which a person works, or on which people usually or typically work, as opposed to a holiday, weekend, etc. Cf. workday n. 1.

ΘΠ

society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > day in which work is done

workdayOE

workadayc1175

working day?1478

business day1796

wottle day1866

?1478 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 649 A hose clothe, on for þe halydays..and a-nothyr for þe workyng days.

1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 79 Euerie holidaie, and many times the workendaies, the same sitteth from diner till nyght.

1561 Iniunctions Bishop of Norwich sig. A.ii^v That they baptize not children on the wourking daies.

1626 in E. F. Rimbault Old Cheque-bk. Chapel Royal (1872) 71 That a competent number of the gentlemen be appointed to attend the service uppon the workinge dayes throughout the yeare.

1678 C. Pora Sovereign Balson 479 These Mechanique Drunkards..oft-times for the whole Week, or on working-days, are industrious and ply their Business.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 186 They..quite forgot the Days, and knew not a Sunday from a Working-Day any more.

?1797 A. R. Humble Reformer 10 But I no more wish you to make Sunday an idle day than a working day.

1832 F. Palgrave Rise & Progress Eng. Commonw. ii. p. clii The first open or working day after the two great weekly festivals of Sun-day and Moon-day.

1875 Weekly Reporter 14 Aug. 855/2 The question left for the jury was whether Monday could be reasonably considered a working day.

1911 C. T. Onions Shakespeare Gloss. p. vi The compilation of which has occupied the full working-days of a year and a half.

1957 Amer. Motorcyclist May 20/2 He is a firm believer in the practice of Christianity, not only on Sunday, but in every working day.

2008 N. Taylor Live & Work in Brit. 147 Second class mail, at 24p, is usually delivered within three working days.

b. Nautical. A day, excluding Sundays and holidays, spent in port loading or unloading cargo.Cf. lay-day n., running days n. at running adj. Compounds 3b.

ΚΠ

1665 R. Fanshaw Let. 6 Dec. in Lett. Earl of Arlington to Sir William Temple (1701) II. 135 Eight working Days shall be allowed them.., which shall be reckoned from the Day they began to unlade.

1711 Let. 17 Apr. in Mariner's Mirror (1921) 7 19 When any of these vessels outward bound take stores to St. Helena we pay six weeks demorrage..for all the time they stay there above the working days.

1816 G. J. Bell Comm. Laws Scotl. (1826) I. 577 In settling the lay-days,..the contract generally specifies ‘working days’, or ‘running days’.

1863 Law Times Rep. 7 821/1 The defts. promised the plt. to unload and discharge the same after the rate of 49 tons during each working day after notice that the ship was ready to unload and discharge.

1990 W. A. Timmermans Carriage Goods by Sea x. 161 ‘Working days’ implies that the vessel will be loaded or unloaded only during working days, not on Sundays or official holidays.

2. That part of a day allotted to work, or during which a person is at work. Cf. working hour n. at working n. Compounds 3.

ΘΠ

the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [noun] > week day

weekdayeOE

workdayOE

ilka daya1658

working day1796

workday1841

society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > portion of day allotted to work

day1637

working hour1698

work hour1786

business day1796

working day1796

business end1828

eight hours1845

core time1972

1796 Connecticut Courant (Hartford) 11 Apr. 4166l. for every working day of ten hours.

1836 Mechanics' Mag. 2 July 227/2 In a working day of twelve hours, this single machine would with two ploughs turn over ten acres of bog land!

1890 J. E. C. Munro in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 472 The more rational proposals to establish a short working day.

1921 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 23/1 American industries today work their men nearly 100 per cent of the working day.

1960 Amer. Q. 12 169 The sculptor, after a long working day, liked to spend an hour on the Pincio.

1996 J. Lanchester Debt to Pleasure (1997) 123 My own preferred term for the alcoholic beverage consumed at the end of the working day is ‘sundowner’.

2011 S. Iñiguez de Onzoño Learning Curve i. 15 If we look at the published diaries of top executives, we see long working days of up to 17 hours.

B. adj. (attributive).

Frequently hyphenated. Of, relating to, or associated with a working day or its activities. Also in extended use: ordinary, routine, humdrum. Cf. workday adj., workaday adj.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > usual or ordinary > of or relating to the ordinary course

working day1533

tenoral1606

1533 in F. W. Weaver Wells Wills (1890) 27 A roond warkynday gownd.

1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. C4 If you heard her working-day words,..they be ratlers like thunder.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. iii. 12 Oh how full of briers is this working day world.

1683 in Bedfordshire Notes & Queries (1889) 2 237 All my working-day clothes of wollen or stuffe.

1740 J. Barnard Present for Apprentice 60 I have thought them no less than mad, which to fit others with Wedding-Gloves, have brought themselves in a few years to want working-day Shoes.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. xliv. 37 The working-day faces come nearer to the truth.

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch III. vi. lvi. 234 The working-day world.

1922 United Mine Workers Jrnl. 1 Jan. 14/1 I would have him garbed in his working-day clothes.

1958 Journalism Q. Summer 301/1 The strong stuff of working-day life in its torrid aspects.

2012 C. L. Bowles & J. L. Jensen in G. E. McPherson & G. F. Welch Oxf. Handbk. Music Educ. II. iii. v. 284 Classes and ensembles scheduled during working day hours might be accessible for adult learners with flexible schedules.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	working day
释义	working dayn.adj. Brit. /ˌwəːkɪŋ ˈdeɪ/, U.S. /ˌwərkɪŋ ˈdeɪ/ Forms: see working n. and day n. Also 1500s warkynday, 1500s workendai, 1600s worken day. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: working n., day n. Etymology: < working n. + day n. Compare earlier workday n. and workaday n. Compare Dutch werkende dag (1514). A. n. 1. a. A day of the week on which a person works, or on which people usually or typically work, as opposed to a holiday, weekend, etc. Cf. workday n. 1. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > day in which work is done workdayOE workadayc1175 working day?1478 business day1796 wottle day1866 ?1478 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 649 A hose clothe, on for þe halydays..and a-nothyr for þe workyng days. 1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 79 Euerie holidaie, and many times the workendaies, the same sitteth from diner till nyght. 1561 Iniunctions Bishop of Norwich sig. A.ii^v That they baptize not children on the wourking daies. 1626 in E. F. Rimbault Old Cheque-bk. Chapel Royal (1872) 71 That a competent number of the gentlemen be appointed to attend the service uppon the workinge dayes throughout the yeare. 1678 C. Pora Sovereign Balson 479 These Mechanique Drunkards..oft-times for the whole Week, or on working-days, are industrious and ply their Business. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 186 They..quite forgot the Days, and knew not a Sunday from a Working-Day any more. ?1797 A. R. Humble Reformer 10 But I no more wish you to make Sunday an idle day than a working day. 1832 F. Palgrave Rise & Progress Eng. Commonw. ii. p. clii The first open or working day after the two great weekly festivals of Sun-day and Moon-day. 1875 Weekly Reporter 14 Aug. 855/2 The question left for the jury was whether Monday could be reasonably considered a working day. 1911 C. T. Onions Shakespeare Gloss. p. vi The compilation of which has occupied the full working-days of a year and a half. 1957 Amer. Motorcyclist May 20/2 He is a firm believer in the practice of Christianity, not only on Sunday, but in every working day. 2008 N. Taylor Live & Work in Brit. 147 Second class mail, at 24p, is usually delivered within three working days. b. Nautical. A day, excluding Sundays and holidays, spent in port loading or unloading cargo.Cf. lay-day n., running days n. at running adj. Compounds 3b. ΚΠ 1665 R. Fanshaw Let. 6 Dec. in Lett. Earl of Arlington to Sir William Temple (1701) II. 135 Eight working Days shall be allowed them.., which shall be reckoned from the Day they began to unlade. 1711 Let. 17 Apr. in Mariner's Mirror (1921) 7 19 When any of these vessels outward bound take stores to St. Helena we pay six weeks demorrage..for all the time they stay there above the working days. 1816 G. J. Bell Comm. Laws Scotl. (1826) I. 577 In settling the lay-days,..the contract generally specifies ‘working days’, or ‘running days’. 1863 Law Times Rep. 7 821/1 The defts. promised the plt. to unload and discharge the same after the rate of 49 tons during each working day after notice that the ship was ready to unload and discharge. 1990 W. A. Timmermans Carriage Goods by Sea x. 161 ‘Working days’ implies that the vessel will be loaded or unloaded only during working days, not on Sundays or official holidays. 2. That part of a day allotted to work, or during which a person is at work. Cf. working hour n. at working n. Compounds 3. ΘΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [noun] > week day weekdayeOE workdayOE ilka daya1658 working day1796 workday1841 society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > portion of day allotted to work day1637 working hour1698 work hour1786 business day1796 working day1796 business end1828 eight hours1845 core time1972 1796 Connecticut Courant (Hartford) 11 Apr. 4166l. for every working day of ten hours. 1836 Mechanics' Mag. 2 July 227/2 In a working day of twelve hours, this single machine would with two ploughs turn over ten acres of bog land! 1890 J. E. C. Munro in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 472 The more rational proposals to establish a short working day. 1921 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 23/1 American industries today work their men nearly 100 per cent of the working day. 1960 Amer. Q. 12 169 The sculptor, after a long working day, liked to spend an hour on the Pincio. 1996 J. Lanchester Debt to Pleasure (1997) 123 My own preferred term for the alcoholic beverage consumed at the end of the working day is ‘sundowner’. 2011 S. Iñiguez de Onzoño Learning Curve i. 15 If we look at the published diaries of top executives, we see long working days of up to 17 hours. B. adj. (attributive). Frequently hyphenated. Of, relating to, or associated with a working day or its activities. Also in extended use: ordinary, routine, humdrum. Cf. workday adj., workaday adj. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > usual or ordinary > of or relating to the ordinary course working day1533 tenoral1606 1533 in F. W. Weaver Wells Wills (1890) 27 A roond warkynday gownd. 1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. C4 If you heard her working-day words,..they be ratlers like thunder. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. iii. 12 Oh how full of briers is this working day world. View more context for this quotation 1683 in Bedfordshire Notes & Queries (1889) 2 237 All my working-day clothes of wollen or stuffe. 1740 J. Barnard Present for Apprentice 60 I have thought them no less than mad, which to fit others with Wedding-Gloves, have brought themselves in a few years to want working-day Shoes. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. xliv. 37 The working-day faces come nearer to the truth. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch III. vi. lvi. 234 The working-day world. 1922 United Mine Workers Jrnl. 1 Jan. 14/1 I would have him garbed in his working-day clothes. 1958 Journalism Q. Summer 301/1 The strong stuff of working-day life in its torrid aspects. 2012 C. L. Bowles & J. L. Jensen in G. E. McPherson & G. F. Welch Oxf. Handbk. Music Educ. II. iii. v. 284 Classes and ensembles scheduled during working day hours might be accessible for adult learners with flexible schedules. 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