A man who does physical work with his hands, especially building, fixing, or installing things — the man who comes to your house to mend the roof or put in a new boiler. Plural: workmen.

A man who does physical work with his hands用手做體力活的男人，especially building, fixing, or installing things尤其是蓋東西、修東西，或安裝東西——the man who comes to your house to mend the roof or put in a new boiler就是那種來你家修屋頂或裝新鍋爐的人。Plural: workmen複數是workmen。

In British English it is very common in the everyday sense of "the men doing work on the building": "The workmen start at seven, so I can't sleep." It is slightly old-fashioned now, and it carries an obvious problem: it says man. Because women do this work too, careful writers and all official documents now say worker, workers, or construction workers instead.

In British English在英式英文裡，it is very common in the everyday sense of "the men doing work on the building"日常用法很常見，指「在工地做事的那些人」："The workmen start at seven, so I can't sleep.""The workmen start at seven, so I can't sleep."工人七點就開始了，害我睡不著。It is slightly old-fashioned now這個字現在有點過時了，and it carries an obvious problem而且有個明顯的問題：it says man字面上就寫著man（男人）。Because women do this work too因為女性也做這種工作，careful writers and all official documents now say worker, workers, or construction workers instead小心的作者和所有正式文件現在都改說worker、workers或construction workers。

Job adverts would never say workman today. It survives strongly in two places, though: in casual British speech about builders at your house, and in the fixed saying "a bad workman blames his tools" — meaning someone who is not good at something makes excuses about their equipment rather than admitting the fault is their own.

Job adverts would never say workman today現在的求才廣告絕不會用workman這個字。It survives strongly in two places不過它在兩個地方還活得很好，though：in casual British speech about builders at your house一個是英式口語裡隨口說到家裡工人的時候，and in the fixed saying "a bad workman blames his tools"另一個是在固定說法"a bad workman blames his tools"裡——meaning someone who is not good at something makes excuses about their equipment rather than admitting the fault is their own意思是技術不好的人會怪工具，而不承認是自己的問題。

You will also meet it frozen inside older words like workmanship. Note that the emphasis is on skilled or semi-skilled hands-on work; you would not call an office clerk a workman.

You will also meet it frozen inside older words like workmanship你也會在比較舊的字裡看到它被凍結在裡面，像workmanship。Note that the emphasis is on skilled or semi-skilled hands-on work要注意重點是在有技術或半技術的動手工作上；you would not call an office clerk a workman你不會把辦公室職員叫做workman。