grease monkey

短语

汽车修理站[加油站]工人

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词形变化

grease monkeys 复数

释义与例句

1.

A mechanic, often with the specific connotation of an automobile mechanic.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

mechanic auto mechanic

上位词 1

servicer

词源

First use appears c. 1910 in a translated work. See cite below. May have originated during the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain, when children were used to grease the large rotating axles which were used to transfer power from one centralized steam engine to all of the machines on the factory floor. These children, covered in grease and crawling in the tight spaces in the ceilings, were equated with monkeys.

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