| 单词 | sickout |
| 释义 | sickout in American English (ˈsɪkˌaʊt) US noun a joint action by a group of employees claiming illness and not reporting for work in order to force the granting of certain demands; esp., such an action by a group forbidden by law to strike sickout in American English (ˈsɪkˌaut) noun an organized absence from work by employees on the pretext of sickness, as to avoid the legal problems or antistrike clauses that would be invoked in the case of a formal strike Word origin [1950–55; prob. sick1 + (walk)out]This word is first recorded in the period 1950–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: International Gothic, conflict of interest, point-of-sale, speech recognition, wiretap |
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