laborer
UK/'leibәrә/US
TOEFLB2
Definitions
n.
A person who does hard physical or manual work, usually for wages
体力劳动者，工人，劳工
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedlabor (toil) + -er (one who does) = one who does heavy, often unskilled physical work. This is the purest, most literal labor word — sweat and muscle.
Root labor still carries 12 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.manual laborer体力劳动者
- 2.farm laborer农场工人
- 3.construction laborer建筑工人
- 4.day laborer散工
- 5.unskilled laborer非熟练工人
Example Sentences
- 1.
The farm hired extra laborers for the harvest.
- 2.
Day laborers gathered at the corner looking for work.
- 3.
His grandfather had been a construction laborer.