goldbrick

🇬🇧 UK/'gәuldbrik/🇺🇸 US
GRE

Definitions

v.

To shirk one's duties or avoid work; to swindle someone.

逃避工作,偷懒;欺骗,诈骗

n.

A shirker or lazy person; something fraudulent offered as genuine.

懒汉,逃避工作者;赝品,骗局

🧩 Root Breakdown

Blend
goldbrickother
=goldbrick

Common Collocations

  • 1.goldbrick on the job在工作中偷懒
  • 2.accused of goldbricking被控逃避工作

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The employees were caught trying to goldbrick by pretending to work.

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