| 单词 | blue-collar |
| 释义 | blue-collar (once / 7938 pages) adj WORD FAMILY blue-collar USAGE EXAMPLESPriebus grew up in historically Democratic blue-collar Kenosha, the son of a German American electrician father and a Greek mother born in Africa. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Her support among blue-collar white voters also collapsed. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) Those angry blue-collar voters propelled Mr. Trump’s win in longtime Democratic strongholds such as Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) 1adj of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers Syn propertyless, wage-earning, working-class low-class, lower-class occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society 2adj of or designating manual industrial work or workers Syn|Ant unskilled not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency industrialemployed in industry manualdoing or requiring physical work wage-earning, working-classworking for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries white-collar of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers skilledhaving or showing or requiring special skill clericalappropriate for or engaged in office work professionalengaged in by members of a profession pink-collarof or relating to a class of jobs once traditionally filled by women |
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