| 词汇 | dustman |
| 释义 | dustman noun[ C ] UKold-fashioneduk /ˈdʌst.mən/ us /ˈdʌst.mən/plural-menuk /ˈdʌst.mən/ us /ˈdʌst.mən/(USgarbageman) a person whose job is to empty people's dustbins and take the rubbish away（清运垃圾的）清洁工人 Synonyms binmanUKinformal garbage collector garbage manUSinformal refuse collectorUKformal sanitation workerUS Social services & sanitation aftercare aid worker assisted living assisted living facility binman care package foster care garbage collector garbage man honey bucket in carephrase non-community outreach public service refuse collector sanitarily sanitary sanitation social work utility And now we may turn to the wages of dustmen, who are, it must be admitted, a most estimable class of men and most useful. But, to make up to them for having to do such nasty work, they were not left black and dirty, as poor chimney-sweeps and dustmen are. Dustmen scavenged through the rubbish on the streets. In these days of keen competition every one lies—every editor, publisher, undertaker, piano-tuner, dustman—they couldn't live if they didn't. It is not good to know that a dustman makes more money than hundreds of hard-worked and well-educated men, for this is a grotesque state of things brought about by imbecile Government officials. Examples of dustmandustman The dustman continues his work. The dukes may be there, but not the dustmen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We may be up against one law for the duke and another for the dustman. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If a first class education is a good thing for the duke's son it is an equally good thing for the dustman's son. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How does one distinguish between the non-working wife of a duke and the non-working wife of a dustman? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why should a duke pay more than a dustman? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The duke arid the dustman have been contrasted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The local dustman operates on the road—and "dust" is about what the authorities put on our roads. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The increases for dustmen were part of a major pay and productivity agreement for all manual workers in local government. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The reason why the dustmen come out on strike is simple. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The son of the dustman will go in first, and the son of the millionaire will be the first outsider. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If a dustman writes something for journalistic purposes, it is caught. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At that time, the cook and the dustman, for example, were on the same basic rate, but the pay differences between them were substantial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot get rid of them except to the dustman. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Before long, the dustmen will be coming along demanding another round. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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