单词 | worker |
释义 | worker/ˈwəːkə![]() noun 1A person who works, in particular: 1.1 [with adjective or noun modifier] A person who does a specified type of work or who works in a specified way: a farm worker she’s a good worker...
1.2An employee, especially one who does manual or non-executive work.In 1911 over three-quarters of Britain's employed population were manual workers....
Synonyms employee, member of staff, working man, working woman, workman, labourer, hand, operative, operator; blue-collar worker, white-collar worker; proletarian; artisan, journeyman, craftsman, craftswoman; wage-earner, breadwinner archaic mechanical 1.3 informal A person who works hard: I got a reputation for being a worker...
Synonyms hard worker, toiler, workhorse, Stakhanovite, galley slave informal busy bee, eager beaver, workaholic North American informal wheel horse, wonk 1.4 (workers) Used in Marxist or leftist contexts to refer to the working class: a red flag with the inscription ‘workers of the world, unite!’ [in names]: the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party...
2A person who achieves a specified thing: he was a bogus worker of miracles...
3A neuter or undeveloped female bee, wasp, ant, or other social insect, large numbers of which do the basic work of the colony.Polybia occidentalis workers engaged in social biting with nest mates....
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