Word · Frequency #24872
navvy
/ˈnævi/
noun
苦工
核心释义
a laborer who has to do menial work
- 1.
非熟练工人,粗工。
an unskilled laborer
非熟练工人,粗工。；挖土机
用法In use
The navvy swung his pickaxe all day under the hot sun.
用法提示：navvy 是名词，指做体力活的苦工。
A team of navvies built the railway embankment in just three months.
用法提示：navvies 是 navvy 的复数形式，指一组体力劳动者。
My great-grandfather worked as a navvy on the canal project.
用法提示：navvy 作名词，表示从事体力劳动的人。
a navvy
navvy 是可数名词，指做重体力劳动的人。
A navvy was shoveling gravel.
一个苦工正在铲砾石。
navvies
复数形式是 navvies，把 y 变为 ies。
The navvies worked on the railway all day.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- work like a navvy
- 像苦工一样拼命干活
- He worked like a navvy all day to dig the foundation.他像苦工一样拼命干了一整天来挖地基。
- swear like a navvy
- 破口大骂，满口脏话
- The angry driver swore like a navvy when he was cut off.被别车时，那个生气的司机破口大骂。
- a gang of navvies
- 一群苦工
- A gang of navvies was repairing the road.一群苦工在修路。
- railway navvy
- 铁路苦工（旧时修建铁路的工人）
- The railway navvies laid the tracks across the moors.铁路苦工们在旷野上铺设铁轨。
- unskilled navvy
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：'na'像'拿'，'vy'像'very'——拿着工具干很重的活，就是苦工（navvy）。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：英国历史上的铁路或运河建设、口语中泛指干重体力活的工人 该词常见于英式英语，通常指干重体力活（如挖土方、修路或修铁路）的工人，略带口语色彩；在历史叙述或行业描述中比较常见，在现代日常口语中略显过时。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
与 navvy /ˈnævi/ 真正押韵的词：savvy /ˈsævi/、chavvy /ˈtʃævi/、lavvy /ˈlævi/（都以 /ˈævi/ 结尾，拼写为 -avvy）。注意 navy /ˈneɪvi/、gravy /ˈɡreɪvi/、wavy /ˈweɪvi/ 拼写相似，但以 /ˈeɪvi/ 结尾，不押韵。
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.