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单词 desk jockey
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Definition of desk jockey in English:

desk jockey

noun
North American derogatory, informal
  • A person who works at a desk; an office worker.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Father, I joined up to be a soldier, not a desk jockey.
    • The team of soldiers included a newly appointed staff sergeant, a dedicated veteran, a trained fighter, and a desk jockey who was suddenly thrust into battle.
    • The switch from tracksuited gaffer to desk jockey has complicated the job no end and few now survive long at any one club.
    • My father worked as a desk jockey at some office in Boston.
    • Mind, when I did my English degree I didn't reckon on being a terminally bored desk jockey, you might reasonably point out.
    • Massive corporate desk jockeys aren't always in the best of physical condition.
    • Most people expect a major to be a balding, thickly mustached and overweight desk jockey.
    • These people are desk jockeys that enjoy expensive lunches.
    • Icy air bit into our lungs and sweat trickled under multiple layers of clothing: it's moments like those that make desk jockeys like us feel truly alive.
    • For those of you new to this whole ‘Internet’ thing, a googler is a desk jockey who's become so adept at finding idiosyncratic (and sometimes even relevant) things on the Net's finest search engine that they actually warrant a title.
    • Given the rarity value of what had been set before us, how many more words would the desk jockeys back in head office demand?
    • I don't really care about all that because I'm a desk jockey - a professional paper pusher.
    • In his success, desk jockeys everywhere are allowed to think that they still have a chance at athletic prowess.
    • But the real growth in adventure racing is in shorter races aimed at weekday desk jockeys looking for fun and adventure outside of billable hours.
    • I'm told that at any one time, 4,000 Gardaí are serving in stations up and down the country as desk jockeys.

Origin

1940s: on the pattern of disc jockey.

Definition of desk jockey in US English:

desk jockey

noun
North American derogatory, informal
  • A person who works at a desk; an office worker.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Father, I joined up to be a soldier, not a desk jockey.
    • Mind, when I did my English degree I didn't reckon on being a terminally bored desk jockey, you might reasonably point out.
    • Given the rarity value of what had been set before us, how many more words would the desk jockeys back in head office demand?
    • In his success, desk jockeys everywhere are allowed to think that they still have a chance at athletic prowess.
    • My father worked as a desk jockey at some office in Boston.
    • For those of you new to this whole ‘Internet’ thing, a googler is a desk jockey who's become so adept at finding idiosyncratic (and sometimes even relevant) things on the Net's finest search engine that they actually warrant a title.
    • Icy air bit into our lungs and sweat trickled under multiple layers of clothing: it's moments like those that make desk jockeys like us feel truly alive.
    • The team of soldiers included a newly appointed staff sergeant, a dedicated veteran, a trained fighter, and a desk jockey who was suddenly thrust into battle.
    • The switch from tracksuited gaffer to desk jockey has complicated the job no end and few now survive long at any one club.
    • I don't really care about all that because I'm a desk jockey - a professional paper pusher.
    • These people are desk jockeys that enjoy expensive lunches.
    • I'm told that at any one time, 4,000 Gardaí are serving in stations up and down the country as desk jockeys.
    • Most people expect a major to be a balding, thickly mustached and overweight desk jockey.
    • But the real growth in adventure racing is in shorter races aimed at weekday desk jockeys looking for fun and adventure outside of billable hours.
    • Massive corporate desk jockeys aren't always in the best of physical condition.

Origin

1940s: on the pattern of disc jockey.

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