| 词汇 | beaver away |
| 释义 | Phr V beaver away beavers, beavering, beavered beaver away informal to work hard at something for a long time, especially something you are writingoften + atLucy has been beavering away at her studies all afternoon. beaver away verb to work industriously. From the characteristic behaviour of the beaver UK, 1946beaver away BrE informal to work hard at something, especially in an eager way and giving it all your attention: The mechanics have been beavering away all night, trying to get Alessi's car ready for the race.+ at There was an enormous amount of paperwork, and we all beavered away at it for days.■ SIMILAR TO: slog away, plug away, slave away beaver awayTo work industriously and at great length at some task, project, or goal. Likened to a beaver working ceaselessly on a dam. She's been beavering away for years to earn her law degree, and after all that work, she finished first in her class. I brought you some lemonade, since you've been beavering away planting flowers in the back yard all day! |
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