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Workhorse Machine N Count 可数名词 英 Wɜːkhɔːs] 美 Wɜːrkhɔːrs N.驮马;做粗工者;重负荷机器

英语单词 workhorse
英美音标 英 ['wɜːkhɔːs] 美 ['wɜːrkhɔːrs]
中文释义 n.驮马;做粗工者;重负荷机器
英语例句 (1) To you I'm a workhorse, a punching bag!
(2) No matter to Luke, the Workhorse.
(3) They are the workhorse of machine designers.
中文例句 (1) 对你来说我只是一匹马和一个出气筒!
(2) 但是,对于劳动者卢克来说,这没什么。
(3) 它们是机器设计者的重要工具。
柯林斯解释
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]役马;耕马 A workhorse is a horse which is used to do a job, for example to pull a plough.
    2
    [N-COUNT 可数名词]吃苦耐劳的人;老黄牛;重负荷机器 If you describe a person or a machine as a workhorse, you mean that they can be relied upon to do a large amount of work, especially work that is dull or routine.
      [usu with supp]
    • ...the Wellington bomber, the great workhorse of the war...

      在战争中立下汗马功劳的威灵顿轰炸机

    • My husband never even looked at me. I was just a workhorse bringing up three children.

      我丈夫甚至从不看我一眼。我只是个任苦任劳养育3个孩子的机器。

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