brickie
brickie — 名詞
- brickiesingular
- brickiesplural
1. a worker whose job is to lay bricks when putting up or repairing walls, houses,
砌磚工
專門砌磚蓋牆的人
a worker whose job is to lay bricks when putting up or repairing walls, houses, or similar structures
At dawn, Eitan watched the brickie line up bricks beside the new school hall.
清晨時，Eitan 看著那位砌磚工在新學校禮堂旁排好磚塊。
a brickie on a building site
The brickie asked Sofia to mix more cement near the garden wall.
那位砌磚工請 Sofia 在花園圍牆旁再拌一些水泥。
common work setting: wall building
Rain stopped the brickie from finishing the chimney before lunch.
下雨讓那位砌磚工無法在午餐前砌好煙囪。
After lunch, Kemi thanked the brickie for rebuilding her front steps.
午餐後，Kemi 感謝那位砌磚工重砌她家前門台階。
- bricklayer
the standard and more neutral term for this job
- mason
broader term that can include stone as well as brick work
- builder
much broader and not limited to brick work
文法句型
a brickie on a building site
call the brickie to repair + wall/chimney
用法筆記
Informal job word, especially in Australian and British English. It usually refers to someone laying bricks on walls, houses, chimneys, or similar parts of a building.