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Laborer is the American spelling of labourer.
Laborerlaborer is the American spelling of labourer是labourer的美式拼法。
A laborer is a person whose job is physical work — digging, carrying, building, packing — rather than sitting at a desk. In American English this is the ordinary dictionary word; British English labourer.
A laborerlaborer(工人) is a person whose job is physical work是一個工作是體力活的人 — digging, carrying, building, packing不管是挖土、搬東西、蓋房子還是打包, rather than sitting at a desk而不是坐辦公桌。In American English在美式英文裡 this is the ordinary dictionary word這是字典裡標準的寫法; British English writes labourer英式英文則寫成labourer。
You will see it in job notices and news (“farm laborers,” “day laborers”).
You will see it你會看到它出現 in job notices and news在徵才啟事和新聞裡 ('farm laborers,' 'day laborers')像是'farm laborers'(農場工人)、'day laborers'(打零工的工人)。
Though actually, in careful everyday talk many people now just say worker and then name the work, because laborer can sound official or a little old.
Though actually不過其實, in careful everyday talk在比較講究的日常說法裡 many people now just say worker and then name the work很多人現在只會說worker(工人)再說明是做什麼工作, because laborer can sound official or a little old因為laborer聽起來可能有點公文味或有點過時。
It names the person who does the labour, not how hard or slow the task feels (that is ), and not the person who hires them (that is the employer). It is also not someone who works in a laboratory.
It names the person who does the labour這個字指的是做體力活的人, not how hard or slow the task feels而不是在講這件事有多辛苦、多慢 (that is laborious那是laborious這個字的意思), and not the person who hires them也不是雇用他們的人 (that is the employer那是employer雇主)。It is also not someone who works in a laboratory它也不是在laboratory(實驗室)工作的人。
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
laborernoun/ˈleɪ.bɚ.ɹɚ/
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One who labors.
- Near-synonyms: worker, toiler
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One who labors.
- Near-synonym: toiler
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。