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

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

I got myself a job as a typist and general dogsbody on a small magazine.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

But I act as general dogsbody, carry books, go fetch, good boy, that kind of thing.
I've got a crummy ordinary dogsbody job.
I got myself a job as typist and general dogsbody on a small magazine we thought was being financed from Moscow.
She was evidently their dogsbody, used for tasks which no one else was prepared to take on.

Longman Language Activatorsomeone who does the hardest or most boring work► drudge

someone who works hard at something that is difficult and boring, especially for people who do not realize or care that the work is difficult and boring: · The work I was given was the same, day after day; I felt like a drudge.a household drudge (=someone who stays at home doing nothing except boring tasks around the house): · One of the women said that since having four children, she felt she'd been reduced to a household drudge.

► dogsbody

British /peon American informal a person who does the boring or unimportant jobs that no one else wants to do: · You have to be prepared to be a peon when you start -- sweeping floors, delivering, that kind of thing.a general dogsbody: · I got myself a job as a typist and general dogsbody on a small magazine.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► general dogsbody

I spent the summer helping out as a general dogsbody.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► general

· But I act as general dogsbody, carry books, go fetch, good boy, that kind of thing.· I got myself a job as typist and general dogsbody on a small magazine we thought was being financed from Moscow.

单词	dogsbody
释义	dogsbodydogs‧bod‧y /ˈdɒɡzˌbɒdi $ ˈdɒːɡzˌbɑːdi/ noun (plural dogsbodies) [countable] British English Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES I got myself a job as a typist and general dogsbody on a small magazine. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But I act as general dogsbody, carry books, go fetch, good boy, that kind of thing. I've got a crummy ordinary dogsbody job. I got myself a job as typist and general dogsbody on a small magazine we thought was being financed from Moscow. She was evidently their dogsbody, used for tasks which no one else was prepared to take on. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorsomeone who does the hardest or most boring work► drudge someone who works hard at something that is difficult and boring, especially for people who do not realize or care that the work is difficult and boring: · The work I was given was the same, day after day; I felt like a drudge.a household drudge (=someone who stays at home doing nothing except boring tasks around the house): · One of the women said that since having four children, she felt she'd been reduced to a household drudge. ► dogsbody British /peon American informal a person who does the boring or unimportant jobs that no one else wants to do: · You have to be prepared to be a peon when you start -- sweeping floors, delivering, that kind of thing.a general dogsbody: · I got myself a job as a typist and general dogsbody on a small magazine. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► general dogsbody I spent the summer helping out as a general dogsbody. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► general · But I act as general dogsbody, carry books, go fetch, good boy, that kind of thing.· I got myself a job as typist and general dogsbody on a small magazine we thought was being financed from Moscow. someone who has to do all the small boring jobs that no one else wants to do: I spent the summer helping out as a general dogsbody.
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