grunt work

短语

n. 简单的, 枯燥乏味的工作, 会使人感到非常疲劳的繁重的体力劳动。

发音

US /ɡɹʌ̃nʔwɝk/
AU

别名

gruntwork

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Work (especially that which is heavy, repetitive or mindless) that is considered undesirable and therefore delegated to underlings.

    枯燥乏味的工作

    屎缺

    习语 不可数

    He plans to hire somebody to do the grunt work of digging the trenches for the pipes.

词源

From the verb grunt.

来源：wiktionary