词汇精选：workman的用法和辨析

一、词义辨析：

worker,workman,labourer

这些名词均含有“工人，劳动者”之意。worker最常用词，泛指一切从事体力或脑力劳动以谋生的人。workman指雇佣工作，尤指有特种技能的工人。labourer多指体力劳动者，尤指无专长或专门技能的工人。

二、相关短语：

skilled workman

【机】 熟练工, 技术工

三、参考例句：

There was a workman up the ladder.

有一个工人在梯子上工作。

A bad workman always blames his tools.

不会撑船怪河弯。

A bad workman always blames his tools.

拙劣的工匠总是埋怨工具不好。

The workman is drilling in the wall.

工人正在墙上打孔。

The workman is pulling down the house.

工人正在拆屋子。

A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

人笨埋怨刀钝。

The cunning workman does not quarrel with his tools.

巧匠不挑剔工具。

The workman plugged the hole in the gas pipe.

工人把煤气管的洞堵上了。

Uncle Roy is nudging a workman who has fallen asleep.

罗伊舅舅用肘轻轻推了推睡着的工人。

The workman is nailing a sign to the fence.

工人正在往围墙上钉标志。