n. 工作;职业
vt. 承包;代客买卖
vi. 做零工
n. (Job)人名;(英)乔布;(法、葡)若布;(?-1605)约伯〈俄〉俄罗斯正教会莫斯科牧首。;(德、塞、捷、荷、意)约布
job 工作,任务,物件
缩写自短语jobbe of worke,即piece of work.词源不详,可能来自中古英语gobbe,一块,词源同gob,或来自chop,剁,砍,即砍下来的一块。后词义通用化,用于指一件事,一项工作或任务,物件等。
job 刺,戳
可能来自拟声词,词源同jab.
job. (1) A low mean lucrative busy affair. (2) Petty, piddling work; a piece of chance work. [Johnson's Dictionary]On the job "hard at work" is from 1882. Job lot is from obsolete sense of "cartload, lump," which might also ultimately be from gob. Job security attested by 1954; job description by 1920; job-sharing by 1972.