roustabout的词源

英文词源

roustabout (n.)

"deck hand, wharf worker," 1868, perhaps from roust + about. But another theory connects it to British dialect rousing "rough, shaggy," a word associated perhaps with rooster. With extended senses in U.S., including "circus hand" (1931); "manual laborer on an oil rig" (1948).

中文词源

roustabout：杂工，非技术工

roust,唤醒，about,到处。比喻用法。

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