roughneck
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++rough·neck /ˈrʌfnek/ noun [countable] especially American English informal 1. BOTPGsomeone who works on an oil well 油井工人2. RUDE/IMPOLITEa man who usually behaves in a rough, rude, or angry way 粗暴的人,脾气暴躁的人
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roughneck• I liked playing dodgeball, tossing snowballs, being a roughneck.• A stream of complaints to Bloomsbury House led to the sacking of the more objectionable roughnecks.rough·neck nounChineseSyllable
oil on who works an well Corpus someone
roughneck
rough‧neck /ˈrʌfnek/
noun [countable] especially American English informal
1. someone who works on an oil well
2. a man who usually behaves in a rough, rude, or angry way
rough‧neck /ˈrʌfnek/
noun [countable] especially American English informal1. someone who works on an oil well
2. a man who usually behaves in a rough, rude, or angry way