beaver away

短语

忙于（某事）, 勤奋工作

发音

AU

词形变化

beavered away beavering away beavers away 三单 beavers away beavering away 现在分词 beavered away 过去式 beavered away 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To work hard at a task.

    习语

    She won't be going out much, as she's beavering away on her thesis.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

beaver

上位词 1

work

词源

From the metaphorical image of a person working as industriously as a beaver building its dam.

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