intransitive. To perform physical or mental labour; to exert oneself for a definite purpose, esp. in order to produce something or to earn a…
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释义 | society > occupation and work > working > [verb (intransitive)] > work hard or toil (29) workeOE intransitive. To perform physical or mental labour; to exert oneself for a definite purpose, esp. in order to produce something or to earn a… swingc1000 intransitive. To labour, toil; = swink, v. 1. to the boneOE Right through the flesh so as to reach the bone. Frequently hyperbolical, or in figurative contexts. labourc1390 intransitive. To perform physical or mental labour; to exert oneself physically or mentally; to work, esp. hard or against difficulties (frequently at… toilc1400 intransitive. To struggle towards an aim or for a living; to engage intensively in hard or prolonged labour or exertion. drevyll?1518 intransitive. To drudge or slave. drudge1548 intransitive. To perform mean or servile tasks; to work hard or slavishly; to toil at laborious and distasteful work. droy1576 intransitive. To toil, drudge. droil1591 intransitive. To drudge, slave, toil in mean work. to tug at the (an) oar1612 In phrase to tug at the (an) oar, to row as a galley slave; hence figurative to toil unremittingly; to labour in a subordinate capacity; to do… to stand to it1632 intransitive. To apply oneself vigorously and bravely to (a fight, contest, task, etc.). In later use chiefly in to stand to it: to fight… rudge1676 transitive. To push or lift; to move with effort. Also intransitive: to work hard. slave1707 To toil or work hard like a slave. to work like a beaver1741 to work like a beaver: to work hard. Originally U.S. to hold (also keep, bring, put) one's nose to the grindstone1828 to hold (also keep, bring, put) one's nose to the grindstone: to get the mastery over another and treat him with harshness or severity, to grind… to feague it away1829 to feague away: to set in motion briskly. Also figurative. To agitate (a point) in one's thoughts. Also, to feague it away: to work at full stretch… to work like a nigger1836 colloquial (originally U.S.). to work like a nigger and variants: to work exceptionally hard. delve1838 To work hard, slave, drudge. dialect or slang. slave1852 intransitive (with it). = sense 4. leather1863 figurative. intransitive. To work hard; with away, on. to sweat one's guts out1890 figurative. To give forth or get rid of as by sweating; slang, to spend, lay out (money). Also with away, out. In slang phrases: to sweat one's gut… hunker1903 figurative. With down. To concentrate one's resources, esp. in unfavourable circumstances; to dig in, buckle down; spec. (frequently in Military… to sweat (also work) one's guts out1932 collective plural. Phrases. †to have one's guts about one's ears (a hyperbolical threat); †(to grieve) to the guts: deeply, to the very soul; to have… to eat (also work) like a horse1937 Proverbial phrases and locutions. In comparisons: as holy (also as sick, as strong) as a horse; to eat (also work) like a horse. a horse of another (a… beaver1946 Const. away: to work like a beaver. to work like a drover's dog1952 Australian. Used, chiefly in similes, to describe a person who works hard, typically doing unrewarding or servile tasks. Esp. in to work like a dr… to get one's nose down (to)1962 to get one's nose down (to): to work hard and concentratedly (at). Cf. to hold one's nose to the grindstone at grindstone, n. 2b. Subcategories:— excessively (1) — demand hard work (1) |
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