labourer

noun
🔊/ˈleɪbərə(r)/
🔊/ˈleɪbərər/
(US English laborer)
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  1. a person whose job involves hard physical work that does not need special skills, especially work that is done outdoors(尤指户外的)体力劳动者,劳工,工人
    • an agricultural labourer农业工人
    see also bonded labourer, day labourer
    Extra Examples
    • Gangs of labourers dug the canals.一群的工人挖掘运河。
    • He got a job as a builder's labourer.他找到了一份建筑工人的工作。
    Topics Jobsc1, Farmingc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • casual
    • day
    • wage
    verb + labourer/​laborer
    • employ
    • hire
    labourer/​laborer + verb
    • toil
    • work
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