| 释义 |
Adjective: working-class 'wurking`klãs- Of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial labourers
- propertyless, wage-earning, blue-collar - Working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries
"working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labour"
- wage-earning
Noun: working class wurking klãs- A social class comprising those who do manual labour or work for wages
- labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], proletariat, proletariate [archaic]
Derived forms: working classes See also: blue-collar, low-class, lower-class Type of: class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum Encyclopedia: Working class Working-class |