单词 | sit-down strike |
释义 | sit-down strike in British Englishnoun a strike in which workers refuse to leave their place of employment until a settlement is reached sit-down strike in American Englishnoun a strike during which workers occupy their place of employment and refuse to work or allow others to work until the strikeis settled Also called: sit-down, sit-in Word origin [1930–35, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: DNA, acoustic phonetics, boondoggle, technical foul, uncertainty principle |
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