| 单词 | navvy |
| 释义 | navvy noun[C] UKold-fashionedinformaluk/ˈnæv.i/us/ˈnæv.i/a man who isemployedto dounskilledphysicalwork, usuallybuildingor makingroads （通常指建筑或道路工程中的）苦工，干粗活的工人Building: construction work & workers
Examplesofnavvynavvy Evidently the fact that navvies tended to move around the country in all-male bands was one of the major causes of concern. From theCambridge English Corpus Not surprisingly, therefore, given their unruly reputation, newspapers and periodicals were quick to seize upon examples ofnavvyloyalty wherever and whenever they occurred. From theCambridge English Corpus Modern traces of these traditions haunted the tunnel even after it was completed, if with less foundation than for the navvies. From theCambridge English Corpus The press of the day gave glowing accounts of the navvies' achievements. From theCambridge English Corpus However, most contemporary accounts of navvies tended to stigmatize them as an insubordinate, unruly, and ungovernable class of men. From theCambridge English Corpus It may be noted that the railways were more pervasive than the canals, the construction of which had also of course involved large numbers of navvies. From theCambridge English Corpus For it does not matter if the promotion under consideration is to being foreman of a gang of navvies or to managing director of a large corporation. From theCambridge English Corpus There is, moreover, little or no visual communication among them; even the navvies are apparently separate from one another while being engaged in the same task. From theCambridge English Corpus It would mean that navvies would be required to dig trenches, and workmen to erect lines and factories, to make plant, instruments, wires and cables. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Much of this work will be unskillednavvywork. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not a fact that the very hard work is done by mechanical navvies instead of ordinary labour? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There must be a large number of men who subsequently become navvies who have to do something as boys? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Why are the thousands of navvies excluded, seeing the disgraceful conditions in which they are housed? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet when you put the unskilled men to do the navvy's work you displace the skillednavvy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Owing to the navvies and transport strikes the application for an extension of time is now being considered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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