workhorse

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noun

Plural noun:

workhorseswork horse

1.
A horse used primarily for manual labor; a draft horse.
Đồng nghĩa: aver, draft horse
2.
(broadly)(by extension) Someone or something that does a lot of work; something or someone who works consistently or regularly.
Those old machines are not very glamorous, but even 20 years after their introduction, they are still the workhorses of the industry.

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Đồng nghĩa

averdraft horsecarthorsedraught horse

Cùng gốc / liên quan

powerhouse warhorse wheelhorse workaholicyardhorse

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English werkehorse, equivalent to work + horse.