drudge: [15] No one is quite sure where drudge comes from. It is first recorded, as a noun, towards the end of the 15th century, and the verb followed about fifty years later. One possible source may be the Middle English verb drugge ‘pull laboriously’, a possible relative of English drag; another suggestion is the Old English verb drēogan ‘work’.
drudge (n.)
late 15c., "one employed in mean, servile, or distasteful work," missing in Old English and Middle English, unless it is represented by Middle English druggen "do menial or monotonous work; druggunge, mid-13c., which are perhaps from Old English dreogan "to work, suffer, endure" (see endure). The verb is from 1540s. Related: Drudged; drudging. The surname is from 13c., probably from Old French dragie "a mixture of grains sown together," thus, a grower of this crop.
双语例句
1. I feel like a real drudge — I've done nothing but clean all day!
我觉得自己像个做苦工的——整天都在做清洁工作!
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. I am a disappointed drudge, sir.
我是个绝望了的苦力, 先生.
来自英汉文学 - 双城记
3. Who, on a Sunday jaunt to the shore or mountains, has not pitied some self - employed drudge?
哪一个星期天到海滨或山上去游览的人不同情那些辛辛苦苦的个体经营者 呢 ?
来自辞典例句
4. I'm a poor, miserable , forlorn drudge; I shall only drag you down with me.
我是一个贫穷, 倒运,走投无路的苦力, 只会拖累你.
来自辞典例句
5. I tell you as a soldier that God is no man's daily drudge.