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单词 roughneck
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roughneck

[ ruhf-nek ]
/ ˈrʌfˌnɛk /
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noun

a rough, coarse person; a tough.
any laborer working on an oil-drilling rig.Compare roustabout (def. 4).

verb (used without object)

to work as a roughneck.

Origin of roughneck

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; rough + neck

Words nearby roughneck

rough-legged hawk, rough lemon, rough lock, roughly, rough music, roughneck, rough out, rough passage, rough puff pastry, roughrider, Rough Riders
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British Dictionary definitions for roughneck

roughneck
/ (ˈrʌfˌnɛk) /

noun slang

a rough or violent person; thug
a worker in an oil-drilling operation
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