drudge /ˈdrʌʤ/
做苦工的人(vi.)辛苦地從事(vt.)強迫做苦工
Drudge v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drudged p. pr. & vb. n. Drudging.] To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue.
He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged. --Macaulay.
Drudge, v. t. To consume laboriously; -- with away.
Rise to our toils and drudge away the day. --Otway.
Drudge, n. One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a menial servant.
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drudge
n 1: one who works hard at boring tasks [syn: hack, hacker]
2: a laborer who is obliged to do menial work [syn: peon, navvy,
galley slave]
v : work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework";
"Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: labor, labour,
toil, fag, travail, grind, dig, moil]