单词 | co-worker |
释义 | co-worker (once / 4457 pages) n A co-worker is someone you work with. Your ice cream shop co-worker might scoop the ice cream while you're on milkshake duty. When you work with someone, that person is your co-worker. The word implies that you work side-by-side — you wouldn't usually refer to your boss as your co-worker. If you work in an office, your co-workers probably have cubicles and computers that are similar to yours, and if you work on a farm your co-workers are right there beside you weeding the beets or watering the tomatoes. The prefix co in co-worker means "together" or "mutually." WORD FAMILYco-worker: co-workers+/nonworker: nonworkers/overwork: overworked, overworking, overworks/rework: reworked, reworking, reworks/unworkable: unworkably/work: overwork, rework, workable, worked, worker, working, works/workable: unworkable, workably/worker: co-worker, nonworker, workers/working: workings/works: workss USAGE EXAMPLESAnd like all Apple employees, he was discouraged from talking about his job with co-workers. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) One co-worker flung a racial epithet at him. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) More than two dozen of his co-workers from H&M, where Morris was a sales adviser at the chain’s Dupont location, attended. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) n an associate that one works with Syn|Hyper colleague, fellow worker, workfellow associate a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor |
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