working

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n. 工作, 运转, 劳动 a. 工作的, 劳动的, 经营的, 抽搐的, 运转的

发音

UK /ˈwɜːkɪŋ/
US /ˈwɝkɪŋ/

词形变化

workings 复数 workings

别名

workin' wkg

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Operation; action.

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  2. 2.

    Method of operation.

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  3. 3.

    The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem.

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    Be sure to check your working.

  4. 4.

    Fermentation.

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  5. 5.

    Becoming full of a vegetable substance.

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  6. 6.

    A place where work is carried on.

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    the abandoned mine workings

  7. 7.

    A train movement.

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v.
  1. 1.

    present participle and gerund of work

    Leave him alone; he’s working.

adj. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    That is or are functioning.

    a working ventilator

  2. 2.

    That suffices but requires additional work; provisional.

    a working copy of the script

    a working title

  3. 3.

    In paid employment.

    Working mothers have recently joined the factory's workforce.

  4. 4.

    Of or relating to employment.

    the working week

  5. 5.

    Enough to allow one to use something.

    a working knowledge of computers

  6. 6.

    Used in real life; practical.

    The working minimum focus distance is the distance from the closest focusable subject to the lens.

  7. 7.

    Efficacious.

    废旧

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词源

From Middle English werking, werkynge, warkynge, worchinge, from Old English wyrċing (“working”), verbal noun of wyrċan (“to work”), equivalent to work + -ing. Cognate with Scots wirking, warking, Dutch werking, German Wirkung.

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