workers

[wˈɚkɚz] /ˈwər-kər How to pronounce worker (audio)/ (ame, mw)

workers — noun

1. people who do a particular kind of job, especially when the job type is named be

1.名詞A2
釋義

people who do a particular kind of job, especially when the job type is named before the word.

例句

The research workers spent three years collecting data from patients.

[type] workers — research workers

Vivek and Roya started as kitchen workers before becoming head chefs.

workers at a named role in a workplace

同義詞
  • employees

    focuses on the hired relationship with an employer

  • staff members

    slightly more formal and tied to belonging to one organization

  • personnel

    formal collective term used in business or official writing

  • laborers

    narrower; usually physical work rather than all job types

反義詞
  • employers

    the people or companies that hire and pay workers

  • managers

    people who supervise workers instead of being described as the general workforce

文法句型

[type] workers

workers in [field]

workers at [place]

用法筆記

This is the regular plural of worker. It is broad and can refer to people in office, service, health, education, or manual jobs, depending on the noun or adjective used before it.

常見錯誤

❌My aunt is workers in a clinic.
✅My aunt is one of the workers in a clinic.
💡use the plural noun only when you mean more than one person or one person as part of a group.
❌They are workers of the bank.
✅They are bank workers.
💡English usually places the job type before 'workers'.

2. people employed to do the practical work in a company or factory, rather than to

2.名詞A2
釋義

people employed to do the practical work in a company or factory, rather than to manage other staff.

例句

The factory workers voted to go on strike for better pay.

factory workers in labor news

Amani got a job as one of the warehouse workers on nights.

同義詞
  • employees

    broader; includes office staff and executives as well

  • staff

    collective term for the workforce as one group

  • laborers

    narrower; emphasizes physical work

  • operatives

    more technical, especially in manufacturing

反義詞
  • management

    the group that supervises workers and makes workplace decisions

  • bosses

    informal term for the people in charge

文法句型

workers + plural verb

workers for [shift/role]

workers at [site/factory]

用法筆記

This sense is common in business, factory, and union contexts, where workers are contrasted with bosses or management. It usually suggests the people doing the day-to-day labour rather than the people making policy decisions.

常見錯誤

❌The workers is angry about the policy.
✅The workers are angry about the policy.
💡'workers' is a regular plural noun and takes a plural verb.
❌The company promoted workers to manager staff.
✅The company promoted some workers to management roles.
💡workers and management refer to different roles in the workplace.

3. people seen as a social class that owns little property and earns a living mainl

3.名詞B1
釋義

people seen as a social class that owns little property and earns a living mainly through paid labour.

例句

The party said it would fight for the rights of workers nationwide.

the rights of workers

In the nineteenth century, workers often lived beside the factories they served.

同義詞
反義詞

文法句型

the rights of workers

workers across [place]

speak to workers

用法筆記

Distinguish this sense from sense 2: sense 2 is about a workplace role inside one company, while sense 3 is about workers as a broad social or political group. This sense often appears with words like rights, movement, class, and solidarity.

常見錯誤

❌The workers class was angry.
✅The working class was angry.
💡use the fixed phrase 'working class' when you name the class directly.
❌Workers was blamed for the crisis.
✅Workers were blamed for the crisis.
💡the plural noun needs a plural verb.

4. non-reproducing female insects in a social colony that gather food, build, defen

4.名詞B1
釋義

non-reproducing female insects in a social colony that gather food, build, defend, and care for the young.

例句

The worker bees carry pollen from flower to flower all day.

worker bees

In the ant colony, the workers build tunnels and defend the entrance.

同義詞
  • foragers

    workers whose role is specifically to collect food

  • nurses

    workers whose role is to care for larvae, not the whole caste

反義詞
  • queens

    the reproductive females in the colony

  • drones

    male bees that do not perform the colony's work

文法句型

worker ants

worker bees

workers in a colony

用法筆記

This sense belongs to biology contexts about ants, bees, wasps, termites, and similar social insects. English often names the species directly before the word: worker ants, worker bees, worker termites.

常見錯誤

❌The workers fed the queen in the office.
✅The worker ants fed the queen in the nest.
💡in biology contexts, name the insect species so the meaning is clear.