navvy的词源

英文词源

navvy (n.)

"laborer on a canal or railroad," 1832, colloquial shortening of navigator (q.v.) in its sense of "one who digs navigation canals."

中文词源

navvy：壮工，苦力

来自navigator的口语，用来讥笑挖运河或修铁路的人。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：navvy 词源，navvy 含义。