scut workとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

scut work (uncountable)

1. Distasteful tasks.
   • 1997, Anselm L. Strauss, Social Organization of Medical Work, page 250

     This seems not to exhaust what is called dirty work, regardless of the synonym used (scut work, shit work) by workers themselves — either those actually engaged in the work or others who are lucky enough to escape it.

   • 1998, Robert H. Coombs, Surviving Medical School, page 104

     Some residents, and even some nurses, expect medical students to do a substantial amount of scut work, much of it of the 3 am variety.

語源

Combination of scut (a worthless person) and work

名詞

scutwork (uncountable)

1. tasks that are tedious and monotonous or trivial and menial, usually inherent in the operations of a larger project
   • 2000, Harvey Robbins and Michael Finley, The New Why Teams Don't Work: What Goes Wrong and How to Make It Right

     Everyone on a team must pull their fair share of scutwork if the team is to succeed.

   • 2003, Julia Spencer-Fleming, In the Bleak Midwinter

     Hard to keep that edge of horror over the death of another human being when it was surrounded by so much tedious scutwork.

参照

• 2003, William S. Haubrich, Medical Meanings: A Glossary of Word Origins, Page 216
• 1990, George Morley Story, Dictionary of Newfoundland English, page 448

語源

scut +‎ work; see scut (“contemptible person”).

名詞

scutwork (uncountable)

1. Tasks that are tedious and monotonous or trivial and menial, usually inherent in the operations of a larger project.
   • 2000, Harvey Robbins and Michael Finley, The New Why Teams Don't Work: What Goes Wrong and How to Make It Right

     Everyone on a team must pull their fair share of scutwork if the team is to succeed.

   • 2003, Julia Spencer-Fleming, In the Bleak Midwinter

     Hard to keep that edge of horror over the death of another human being when it was surrounded by so much tedious scutwork.

参照

• 2003, William S. Haubrich, Medical Meanings: A Glossary of Word Origins, Page 216
• 1990, George Morley Story, Dictionary of Newfoundland English, page 448

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