dayworkとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 daywork, daywerk, from 古期英語 dæġweorc, from Proto-West Germanic *dagawerk, from Proto-Germanic *dagawerką. By surface analysis, day +‎ work.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdeɪwɜːk/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈdeɪwɝk/

名詞

daywork (countable and uncountable, plural dayworks)

1. (archaic) The work done in a day; a day's work. [10th–19th c.]
2. (obsolete) The amount of land that can be worked in a day. [14th–17th c.]
3. Work carried out or paid for on a daily basis; day labour. [from 16th c.]
4. Work done during the day; specifically, the cover-work carried out by someone involved in intelligence work, as opposed to their secret activities.
   • 1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society, published 2010, page 257:

     ‘The task of servicing such moles is not entrusted to normal overseas residencies but to a Karla representative, as he is known, usually a military officer, whose daywork is to be an attaché of an Embassy.’

関連する語

• dayworker

アナグラム

• work day, workday