词族 · navvy
词形变化
中文词源
navvy 壮工，苦力
来自navigator的口语，用来讥笑挖运河或修铁路的人。
英语词源
- navvy (n.)
- "laborer on a canal or railroad," 1832, colloquial shortening of navigator (q.v.) in its sense of "one who digs navigation canals."
权威例句
- 1. His proper tradeis a navvy.
- 他本来是个挖土的苦力.