navvies

英 [ˈnæviz]

n.  壮工; 苦力; (尤指)筑路工
navvy的复数



柯林斯词典

  1. N-COUNT 苦工;筑路工
    A navvy is a person who is employed to do hard physical work, for example building roads or canals.
    1. ...a blackened young navvy, swinging a pickaxe in the sweating tunnel.
      在闷热的隧道里挥舞着丁字镐干活的一个肤色黝黑的年轻挖土工