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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

labourer
  1. 1. noun 劳工,指做重体力工作的

Collins English-English Dictionary

labourer ['leɪbərə]
  1. 1. n a person engaged in physical work, esp of an unskilled kind

Examples

He was a 30-year-old unemployed labourer and a native of British.
他是一位30岁大的失业工人,一个土生土长的英国人。
a casual labourer
帮短工
serve as a seasonal labourer
打短工
work as a day or seasonal labourer; be a temporary worker
为了糊口,他15岁就到张财主家营工。
In order to feed himself, at 15 he worked as a hired labourer for the Zhang family, which was very rich.
他在王财主家当长工,一年的佣钱只有10吊。
He worked as a hired labourer at the Wang family and was paid only 10 diao for one year's work.
他自己没有田地只能为庄园主当庄员。
As he owns no land, he has no choice but to work as a labourer for the owner of the manor.
咱们只是个普通劳动者。
I'm just an ordinary labourer

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