worker

• 指从事工作或劳动的人，尤指体力劳动者或工人；也可泛指雇员、工作人员。

A noun referring to a person who performs a job or task, especially manual or physical labor.

1. Person who worksA1formal

   A person employed to do a particular type of work, especially manual or physical labor.

   工人

   • The factory workers start at 8 AM.
   • She is a hard-working office worker.
   • Construction workers built the new bridge.

   同义词employeehandjobholderlaboreroperativewage earnerworkingmanworkman

2. Employee or laborerA1formal

   Someone who performs tasks for an employer, often in a specific profession.

   工人

   • The social worker helped the family.
   • Farm workers harvest the crops every autumn.
   • He is a skilled metal worker.

   同义词employeehandjobholderlaboreroperativestaff memberwage earnerworkman

   反义词bossemployermanagerowner

3. Insect workerB2formal

   A sterile female in a colony of social insects like ants or bees that does work.

   工蜂

   • Worker ants gather food for the colony.
   • The bee hive has thousands of worker bees.
   • Worker termites maintain the nest structure.

   同义词neuter