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workingman

/wur-king-man/US // ˈwɜr kɪŋˌmæn //

工作人士,工作者,劳动者,工人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural work·ing·men.

    • : a man of the working class; a man, whether skilled or unskilled, who earns his living at some manual or industrial work.

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Examples

  • But in a world of low single-digit growth, that gap has to be closed by someone, and that someone is the proverbial workingman.

  • The impudence of the authorities, to decoy an unsuspecting workingman across the State line, and then arrest him as my accomplice!

  • Arthur sprang up as if he suddenly remembered that he was a workingman.

  • Joyce judged that the rough tones of the answer came from a workingman.

  • He had told her, with that sardonic smile, that he was a workingman.

  • A workingman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.