['drʌdʒəri]
drudgery
n. 苦差事,苦工

词形变化:

名词复数:drudgeries

例句与用法:

  1. I am afraid that I shall find it drudgery to teach music to beginner.
    我恐怕会觉得教初学者音乐是个单调沉闷的工作。
  2. Labor-saving devices have emancipated women from kitchen drudgery.
    许多节省劳力的设备于妇女摆脱掉乏味的厨房杂役。
  3. Washing machines take the drudgery out of laundry.
    洗衣机把洗衣工作带出了洗衣房。

英英解释:

名词 drudgery:

  1. hard monotonous routine work
  2. 同义词:plodding, grind, donkeywork