A labourer is someone whose job is hard on the body — lifting, digging, carrying, mixing, building — not sitting at a desk. On a building site the labourer is the person shifting bags and clearing rubble, not the one drawing the plans. A farm labourer does the same kind of work in fields.

A labourer is所謂labourer，是指 someone whose job is hard on the body一個工作很吃體力的人， — lifting, digging, carrying, mixing, building ———舉重物、挖土、搬運、攪拌、蓋東西—— not sitting at a desk.而不是坐辦公桌的工作。 On a building site the labourer is the person shifting bags and clearing rubble,在工地上，labourer是搬袋子、清瓦礫的人， not the one drawing the plans.而不是畫設計圖的人。 A farm labourer does the same kind of work in fields.farm labourer（農場工人）做的則是田裡同一類的工作。

The word is ordinary British English; American English usually writes laborer.

The word is ordinary British English;這個字在英式英文裡是很普通的說法； American English usually writes laborer.美式英文通常拼成laborer。

Though actually it can sound a little old, or a little class-marked: many people now say construction worker, and a skilled bricklayer or carpenter may not call themselves a labourer at all. It names the kind of work, not how good someone is at it.

Though actually it can sound a little old, or a little class-marked:不過其實，這個字聽起來可能有點老派，或帶點階級意味： many people now say construction worker,現在很多人會說construction worker（建築工人）， and a skilled bricklayer or carpenter may not call themselves a labourer at all.而技術熟練的砌磚工或木工，可能根本不會自稱是labourer。 It names the kind of work, not how good someone is at it.這個字說的是工作的種類，跟一個人做得好不好無關。