strike work

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To go on strike. India,dated
    — About nine hundred bakers, it is said, struck work on Saturday night, in consequence of their wages not being raised.
  2. To stop working (for a break, at the end of the work day, etc.). dated
    — 1848, Charles Dickens, letter dated 28 November, 1848 in Georgina Hogarth and Mamie Dickens (eds.), The Letters of Charles Dickens, London: Chapman and Hall, Volume 1, p. 203, Come down on Friday. There is a train leaves London Bridge at two—gets here at four. By that time I shall be ready to strike work.
  3. To stop functioning. dated,figuratively
    — 1845, Robert Browning, letter dated 28 January, 1845 in The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, 1845-1846, New York: Harper, 1899, p. 9, Your books lie on my table here, at arm’s length from me, in this old room where I sit all day: and when my head aches or wanders or strikes work, as it now or then will, I take my chance for either green-covered volume,

词形变化

strikes work present,singular,third-person striking work participle,present struck work past struck work participle,past stricken work archaic,participle,past,rare
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