意味: 仕事、作品
例文: Aki’s painting was described as “a work of chaotic genius.”
アキの絵は「混沌とした天才の作品」と評された。
定義: 何かを作ったり何かをする活動
コロケーション:
workは1,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。
Definitions(定義)
Noun: activity directed toward making or doing something
Noun: a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
Noun: the occupation for which you are paid
Noun: applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
Noun: (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
Noun: a place where work is done
Noun: the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
Verb: exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
Verb: be employed
Verb: have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
Verb: perform as expected when applied
Verb: shape, form, or improve a material
Verb: give a workout to
Verb: proceed along a path
Verb: operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
Verb: proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
Verb: move in an agitated manner
Verb: cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
Verb: cause to work
Verb: prepare for crops
Verb: behave in a certain way when handled
Verb: have and exert influence or effect
Verb: operate in or through
Verb: cause to operate or function
Verb: provoke or excite
Verb: gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
Verb: make something, usually for a specific function
Verb: move into or onto
Verb: make uniform
Verb: use or manipulate to one’s advantage
Verb: find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
Verb: cause to undergo fermentation
Verb: go sour or spoil
Verb: arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
Parts of Speech(品詞)
Noun, Verb
Examples(例文)
Noun: she checked several points needing further work
Noun: it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works
Noun: the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work
Noun: he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey
Noun: the work of an active imagination
Noun: erosion is the work of wind or water over time
Noun: he is looking for employment
Noun: a lot of people are out of work
Noun: mastering a second language requires a lot of work
Noun: no schools offer graduate study in interior design
Noun: work equals force times distance
Noun: he arrived at work early today
Noun: he studied the entire Wagnerian oeuvre
Noun: Picasso’s work can be divided into periods
Verb: I will work hard to improve my grades
Verb: she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor
Verb: Is your husband working again?
Verb: My wife never worked
Verb: Do you want to work after the age of 60?
Verb: She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money
Verb: She works as a waitress to put herself through college
Verb: The voting process doesn’t work as well as people thought
Verb: How does your idea work in practice?
Verb: This method doesn’t work
Verb: The breaks of my new car act quickly
Verb: The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water
Verb: The washing machine won’t go unless it’s plugged in
Verb: Does this old car still run well?
Verb: This old radio doesn’t work anymore
Verb: work stone into tools
Verb: process iron
Verb: work the metal
Verb: Some parents exercise their infants
Verb: My personal trainer works me hard
Verb: work one’s muscles
Verb: this puzzle will exercise your mind
Verb: work one’s way through the crowd
Verb: make one’s way into the forest
Verb: She works the night clubs
Verb: The salesman works the Midwest
Verb: This artist works mostly in acrylics
Verb: work your way through every problem or task
Verb: She was working on her second martini when the guests arrived
Verb: Start from the bottom and work towards the top
Verb: His fingers worked with tension
Verb: I cannot work a miracle
Verb: wreak havoc
Verb: bring comments
Verb: play a joke
Verb: The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area
Verb: he is working his servants hard
Verb: Work the soil
Verb: cultivate the land
Verb: This dough does not work easily
Verb: The soft metal works well
Verb: The artist’s work influenced the young painter
Verb: She worked on her friends to support the political candidate
Verb: Work the phones
Verb: This pilot works the controls
Verb: Can you work an electric drill?
Verb: The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy
Verb: the political candidate worked the crowds
Verb: She molded the rice balls carefully
Verb: Form cylinders from the dough
Verb: shape a figure
Verb: Work the metal into a sword
Verb: work the raisins into the dough
Verb: the student worked a few jokes into his presentation
Verb: work the body onto the flatbed truck
Verb: knead dough
Verb: work the clay until it is soft
Verb: He exploit the new taxation system
Verb: She knows how to work the system
Verb: he works his parents for sympathy
Verb: did you solve the problem?
Verb: Work out your problems with the boss
Verb: this unpleasant situation isn’t going to work itself out
Verb: did you get it?
Verb: Did you get my meaning?
Verb: He could not work the math problem
Verb: We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content
Verb: The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats
Verb: The milk has soured
Verb: The wine worked
Verb: The cream has turned–we have to throw it out
Verb: The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times
Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)
Synonyms(類語): act, act upon, body of work, bring, crop, cultivate, do work, employment, exercise, exploit, ferment, figure out, forge, form, function, go, influence, knead, lick, make, make for, mold, mould, oeuvre, operate, piece of work, play, process, put to work, puzzle out, run, shape, solve, sour, study, turn, work, work on, work out, workplace, wreak
Antonyms(反意語): idle, malfunction
Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)
Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): activity, affect, be, become, capture, change state, convert, create from raw material, end product, energy, fix, geographic point, go, learning, make, manage, manipulate, move, occupation, operate, pass, product, stimulate, succeed, transform, understand, use, work
Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abound, accept, account, account for, accountancy, achieve, acidify, act, acting, activation energy, address, administer, advance, agitate, aid, alkalize, alternative energy, answer, appear, appointment, arouse, arrive, assemble, assist, atomic energy, attempt, avail, bake, balance, be born, be well, bear, beat, beaver, become, beget, begin, behavior, belong, better, binding energy, blast, block, blow, boil, book, boondoggle, brace, brandish, break, break through, breathe, brew, bring, build, burn, burst, busy, buy, buzz, by-product, calcify, calibration, calm, cannibalize, caramelize, carbonize, career, carnify, carpenter, catalyze, catch, catering, cause, center, ceremony, change hands, chase away, chemical energy, chondrify, chop, choreograph, circulate, citrate, clean, clear, cleave, clerk, close, clot, cloud over, cohere, coke, collaborate, come in for, come in handy, come to, come to grips, compact, compare, compose, compost, concealment, conceive, concentrate, conditioning, conduct, confectionery, confluence, confuse, connect, consist, construct, contain, continuance, continue, control, cook, cool, coordinate, copy, cost, count, cover, cram, crash, create, create by mental act, create from raw material, create verbally, creation, crochet, crop, cross-fertilize, cultivate, cup of tea, curdle, cut, cut across, cutinize, cybernate, cycle, dandle, deaden, deck, deliverable, demand, denitrify, depend, derive, deserve, destalinize, developmental learning, diazotize, die, digestion, dip, direct, disagree, disarrange, disengage, disgust, dislocate, dismantling, displace, dispose of, dissolve, distill, distribute, diverge, diversion, domesticity, drag, draw, dress, drive, drop, duplex, education, electioneer, electricity, emaciate, emancipate, employment, empty, emulsify, encode, end, end product, energizing, energy level, engage, enjoy, enjoyment, epicenter, equilibrate, erupt, establish, esterify, etherify, exercise, exert, expel, explode, exploit, exteriorize, fall, fall back, farming, feel, fellate, ferment, feudalize, figure, fill, film, film-make, financier, fit, fix, flick, flour, fluctuate, follow, follow-up, form, formulate, fossilize, freeze, frenchify, froth, fumble, fun, funnel, gain, game, gape, generate, get into, get worse, give, glide, go, gravitate, grind, grok, grouping, hail, hang, hay, head, heat, herd, hit, hold, homogenize, hoodoo, horripilate, hum, humify, hustle, hydrolize, impend, implement, imprinting, incarnate, incorporate, infiltrate, influence, inspiration, institute, integrate, intern, internalization, interpret, ionize, iridesce, jar, job, juggle, jumble, keratinize, kill, knead, knit, knot, lamentation, language learning, last, lateralize, laughter, launch, lay down, lay hands on, leadership, lend, let go, lie, lift, lignify, liquefy, litter, liveliness, lock, loiter, look, lower, lubricate, luck out, magazine, magnetic pole, make, make out, make sense, malt, manufacture, market, massage, masturbate, measure, measurement, mechanical energy, memorization, metier, mineralize, minister, mint, misapply, mismanage, mobilize, mope, mount, mouse, movie, muscle, music, mystification, nail down, negotiate, negotiation, newspaper, nitrify, novelize, object, occupation, oeuvre, offset, opalize, open, operate, operation, organization, organize, originate, osculate, ossify, output, overgrow, overturn, overuse, overwork, owe, ozonize, page, pan out, pass, pay, penetrate, perturbation, photography, placement, play, pleasure, plug away, ply, point, pole, politics, port, position, pour, practice, precession, precipitate, precondition, preparation, prepare, press, press down, prime, procedure, process, produce, profession, promise, propel, protection, prove, provide, provision, pull, pull off, pull one’s weight, pull out all the stops, pulse, pump, puncture, push, put, put on, put out, putter, queer, race, rack, radiant energy, radiation, rage, raise, rake, range, rank, rasterize, rate, re-create, react, read, realize, receive, reclaim, recognize, reconvert, recreate, recycle, redound, reduce, reform, regenerate, relate, relax, release, relocate, remain, repercuss, represent, representation, reproduce, rest, rest energy, retard, rock, role, roll, rout out, run, run into, rut, saltate, scan, scrap, scrape, search, secularize, seem, seethe, sell, send, sense, sensory activity, separate, serve, service, set up, settle, shape, share, shift, shine, short-circuit, shuffle, sin, singsong, sink, skimp, skipper, slag, slam-dunk, slide, sling, slip, sober up, socialize, solo, solvate, solve, sorb, sorcerize, sour, space walk, sparkle, specialize, specify, spill, spin, sport, sporulate, squat, squeak by, stagnate, stalinize, stand, stand by, station, stay, steamroller, stick, stimulate, stink, stir, strain, strike, strike a blow, study, style, subject, subtend, suck, suffer, suit, sulfate, summerize, support, swim, swing, take, take back, take care, take effect, tamper, tan, tat, tell on, tend, tense, test, thicken, thin, thrill, thrive, thrombose, timekeeping, tinge, total, touch, toy, track, trade, training, transcribe, transfer, transgress, transit, transition, translate, transmit, transplant, transport, transubstantiate, traverse, treadmill, trim, trouble, tug, turn, turnery, turning, twiddle, twine, underlie, understand, unseat, unwind, uproot, upstage, use, variation, venture, verbalization, verbalize, volunteer, wait, wake up, want, warm up, wash, waste, weave, wedge, whet, whistle, whore, wield, wind, winterize, woosh, work, work at, work through, workplace, works, worsen, worship, writing, wrongdoing, yield, zonk out
Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): action, answer, assist, avail, bakery, bank, beat, beaver, beehive, blackmail, boondoggle, break, brokerage house, bushwhack, busy, busywork, care, carpenter, carry, carve, cast, central, chip, claw, clerk, coaching, coldwork, collaborate, colliery, color, coursework, creamery, cut, cut out, cybernate, dominate, double, drill site, drive, duty, electioneer, engagement, exchange, exercise, farm, fill, fink, fish farm, fishery, fix, follow-up, forge, freelance, gasworks, get at, glassworks, grind, guess, handbuild, handicraft, heavy lifting, hill, hot-work, housewifery, housework, imprint, intern, investigation, ironing, ironwork, ironworks, job, jostle, lab, labor, lacework, lacquerware, laundry, layer, leatherwork, location, logging, loose end, lumberyard, machine, make hay, man, manipulate, masterpiece, masticate, metalwork, militate, minister, ministry, mission, model, moonlight, mound, nightwork, openwork, operation, overcrop, overwork, oyster bed, page, paper route, paperwork, piecework, play, plug away, polychrome, preform, prejudice, prey, proof, proving ground, public service, publication, puddle, pull one’s weight, putter, rack, reshape, rework, riddle, roll, ropewalk, roughcast, roundhouse, run, sculpt, seafaring, serve, service, services, shining, shipyard, shop floor, silverwork, sinter, skimp, skipper, slave, spadework, specialize, stamp, stir, strike, studio, subbing, subcontract, swage, swing, tannery, telecommuting, test bed, throw, till, timework, tinker, tool, turn a trick, undertaking, use, vinify, volunteer, wait, warm up, wash, waterworks, welfare work, whore, wicker, woodwork, work, work at, work in progress, work through, workload, workpiece, workshop, writing
Derivationally Related Words(派生語)
Derivationally Related Words: crop, cultivation, cultivator, exercise, exerciser, exploitation, exploitative, exploitatory, exploiter, exploitive, ferment, fermentation, fermenting, form, formation, functioning, influence, mold, operant, operation, operative, process, shape, shaper, shaping, solution, solvent, solver, solving, souring, studious, study, work, workable, worker, workout
Categories(カテゴリー)
Domain Categories: education, psychology, science, technology
Usage Category: literary
Usage Context: conversation, descriptive, education, online
Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun
Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)
Prefixes(接頭辞):
Suffixes(接尾辞):
Exam Level
中学レベル
英検3級
Media Appearance(メディア登場例)
Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes
Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, Finding Nemo, Frozen, The Bad Guys, Zootopia
Other Information(その他)
Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes
Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No
Emotion Categories:
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