navvy
noun /ˈnævi/
/ˈnævi/
(plural navvies)
(British English)- (in the past
) a person employed to do hard physical work, especially building roads, railways or canals旧时 壮工;苦力;(尤指)筑路工 词源early 19th cent.: abbreviation of navigator (which was formerly also used in this sense).