workie

发音

UK /ˈwɜːki/
其它
US /ˈwɜɹki/
AU

词形变化

workies 复数 workies

别名

worky

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An intern.

    非正式 俚语
  2. 2.

    A worker, especially a manual labourer.

    苏格兰 非正式
  3. 3.

    Chiefly in the form Workie: a member or supporter of a Working Men's (or Workingmen's) Party, one of a number of political parties established in the United States in the early 19th century to further working class interests.

    美国 历史 非正式 政治

词源

From work (noun) + -ie (suffix forming colloquial nouns denoting persons associated with the words to which they are affixed). Sense 1 (“intern”) alludes to work experience.

来源：wiktionary