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n. 挖土机；工人
vt. 挖掘
vi. 做挖土工
n.
工人，挖土机；
变形
复数：navvies
英英释义
navvy[ 'nævi ]
n.a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
同义词：drudgepeongalley slave
权威例句
NavvyWorking Navvy and Dumper
An Irish navvy : the diary of an exile
Dynamic Mechanics Simulation of Navvy
The ‘Lawless’ Navvy: A Study of the Crime Associated with Railway Building
RESULTS OF THE WORKING OF A STEAM NAVVY AT THE WEST HARTLEPOOL DOCKS
‘“Navvy” import alions [sic]’: the schooling of navvy children in the Midlands in the 1890s
Towards an archaeology of navvy huts and settlements off the industrial revolution
THE 'LAWLESS' NAVVY: A STUDY OF THE CRIME ASSOCIATED WITH RAILWAY BUILDING. IN: RAILWAYS. VOLUME 2
DESCRIPTION OF THE EXCAVATING MACHINE, OR STEAM NAVVY, WITH THE RESULTS OF ITS USE, ON THE WEST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY (INCLUDES PLATE)
navvy (n.)
"laborer on a canal or railroad," 1832, colloquial shortening of navigator (q.v.) in its sense of "one who digs navigation canals."
1. He was good for nothing now except navvy work, and his broken nose and swollen ear were against him even in that.
除了做苦工之外,别的他也干不了,即使这样,他的伤鼻子和肿耳朵还总是碍事。
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2. He had done a few days navvy work when he could get it, and he had run around the Domain in the early mornings to get his legs in shape.
他有时能找到几天卖苦力的差使干干。 每天早晨他都要沿着都门公园跑上几圈,活动活动腿脚。
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3. He felt weak and sore, and the pain of his smashed knuckles warned him that, even if he could find a job at navvy work, it would be a week before he could grip a pick handle or a shovel.
他觉得人很衰弱，身上处处酸疼，那些打碎了的指节也很疼，它们在警告他，即使他找到了一种粗活儿，也要等一个星期，他才能握得住一把锄头或者铲子。
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4. Land levelling project designed for much suited for planting or other using by navvy work according to specific conditions and standards is the base of the project.
土地平整工程规划设计就是为使平整后的土地具有更适合种植或者其他用途的需要而根据一定的条件、按照一定的标准所进行的土方挖填和调配的过程。
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5. If it were, we should have to consider every navvy superior to Shakespeare.
否则，我们就得说随便一个不熟练工人都比莎士比亚高明。
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6. An Arab navvy working on the path nearby lowered his heavy hoe and sidled slowly towards us.
一个正在附近小道上干活的阿拉伯挖土工放下笨重的锄头，羞怯地侧着身子慢慢朝我们走过来。
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7. Seeing a man, a navvy or something of the kind, standing on the kerb in the Waterloo Road.
“我看见有个海军模样的人站在滑铁卢路的人行道上”。
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8. Seeing a man, a navvy or something of the kind, standing on the kerb in the Waterloo Road.
“我看见有个海军模样的人站在滑铁卢路的人行道上”。
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