beaver away

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To work hard at a task. idiomatic
    — She won't be going out much, as she's beavering away on her thesis.

词形变化

beavers away present,singular,third-person beavering away participle,present beavered away participle,past beavered away past

词源

From the metaphorical image of a person working as industriously as a beaver building its dam.
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