spadework

n. 挖掘工作, 基础工作, 基本研究

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Work done by digging with a spade.

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  2. 2.

    Work done in preparation for something else.

    比喻 不可数

    There's a lot of spadework to be done before the scheme can be implemented.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

work

词源

From spade + work.

来源：wiktionary