lobster shift

短语

n. 后半夜班（自午夜至早晨的班）

词形变化

lobster shifts 复数 lobster shifts

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    a work shift that covers late evening and early morning hours.

    My boss stuck me on the lobster shift: I have to work from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.

词源

Maybe from British journalism, a lob being English slang for a yokel, and the "lobster shift" being the overnight shift usually given to young inexperienced journalists, to keep them out of the daily mainstream stories. American Heritage 1993

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