n. 1.〔英国〕(开挖运河、修筑铁路等的)工人;壮工。 2.掘土机;挖泥机。 3.〔海俚〕=navigating-officer. a steam navvy 蒸汽掘土机。 短语和例子 work like a navvy 尽力做(讨厌的工作)。 a mere navvys work (不用脑的)粗活。vi. 做(开河、筑路的)工人。vt. 掘(地)。
Navvy is a shorter form of navigator (UK) or navigational engineer (USA) and is particularly applied to describe the manual labourers working on major civil engineering projects. The term was coined in the late 18th century in Britain when numerous canals were being built, which were also sometimes known as "navigations", or "eternal navigations", intended to last forever.
navvyとは意味:navvy 土方 どかた navvy meaning: Noun: navvy navee A labourer who is obliged to do menial work - drudge , peon , galley slave Derived forms: navvies Type of: jack , laborer [US], labourer  ...navvy en francais:n. terrassier, travailleur comme terrassiernavvy artinya:kulinavvy 뜻:noun, (운하, 철도, 도로건설등에 종사하는 보통 미숙련의토역꾼, 인부, 일꾼, STEAM SHOVEL, NAVIGTING OFFICERN) 인부, (토목 공사용) 굴착기navvy перевод:1) землекоп, чернорабочий 2) экскаватор _Id: to work like a navvy работать как вол 3) быть чернорабочим, землекопом