roughnecks

英 [ˈrʌfnɛks]

美 [ˈrʌfˌnɛks]

n.  吵闹而粗鲁的人; 石油钻井工; 油井工人
roughneck的复数

柯林斯词典

• 油井工人
  Aroughneckis a man who operates an oil well.
• 粗鲁的人;无礼的人;粗暴的人
  If you describe a man as aroughneck, you disapprove of him because you think he is not gentle or polite, and can be violent.

双语例句

• Roughnecks on a rig in northwest Louisiana, where the discovery of a large natural gas field has made landowners rich.
  路易斯安那西北部，被发现的巨量天然气使当地人暴富。图为钻塔中工作的钻井工人。
• How many roughnecks and motormen are there in this shift?
  这个班有几个钻工和机工？
• I don't want you to hang around with those roughnecks.
  我不希望你和那些粗鲁的人混在一起。
• The oil patch has never had much trouble finding and training enough roughnecks to get oil out of the ground, but training up skilled big data professionals is a different enterprise entirely.
  石油业想要找到并培训足够的劳动力开采石油从来就不用费太大的劲，但要培训娴熟的大数据专业人才就完全是另一码事了。
• There are two roughnecks helping the driller get everything ready for running in hole.
  有两个钻工在帮助司钻做下钻准备。