单词 | galley slave |
释义 | galley slave in British Englishnoun 1. a criminal or slave condemned to row in a galley 2. informal a drudge galley slave in American Englishnoun 1. a person condemned to work at an oar on a galley 2. a drudge Word origin [1560–70]This word is first recorded in the period 1560–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bulb, event, identity, propagate, ritual |
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