Definition of roustabout in English:

roustabout

noun ˈraʊstəbaʊtˈraʊstəˌbaʊt

1An unskilled or casual labourer.
非熟练工，临时工
Example sentencesExamples
- You never know whether you're talking to a roustabout or someone with a PhD in physical science.
- It's the place of choice for all sorts of hard-living roustabouts who come into town to blow off a little steam after long days, weeks or even months of toil in the mines and lumber camps.
- I hear, the boss took on two new roustabouts this morning to help with the canvas crew.
- He was a roustabout, he herded sheep, he was a streetcar motorman.
- Marquez had worked in the business as a roustabout - ‘a flunky,’ he says - since he was a teenager paying his way through the Harvard of geosciences, the Colorado School of Mines.
1. 1.1 A labourer on an oil rig.
  石油钻塔工人
  Example sentencesExamples
  This was a dangerous area, but the skilled roughnecks and the roustabouts went about their business with seamless teamwork.
  The simple graphic, though it may perpetuate the hopes and expectations of unemployed roughnecks and roustabouts, masks a more complex story.
  Rocky Mountain House has more than tripled in population, and that doesn't include the countless oil and gas roustabouts, drilling maintenance crews, surveyors and the like.
  For somebody who has grown up with the stench of oil dripping from filthy laundry, surrounded by roustabouts and crane operators, I've spent surprisingly little time on rigs.
  The bump-backs cascade down the hierarchy of skills and seniority; the roustabouts and roughnecks in lesser-skilled positions and typically of recent hire go walking.
  During the interior secretary's tenure in the 1980s, he jumped to more lucrative work as a pumper, roughneck, and roustabout on Wyoming's oil wells.
  To pay the bills, the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture graduate took a job as a North Sea roustabout, the labourer of the oil industry.
  While there is no hardship pay for working offshore, entry-level roustabouts on the drilling rig still begin at about $30,000 per year.
2. 1.2North American A dock labourer or deckhand.
  〈北美〉码头工人；舱面水手
  Example sentencesExamples
  A rig could be brought from Singapore or Perth and there would be opportunities for Hawke's Bay people to work on it as roustabouts and engineers.
3. 1.3North American A circus labourer.
  〈北美〉马戏团场地工
  Example sentencesExamples
  ‘He was a roustabout with a traveling carnival,’ my grandmother had told me just before she had died.
  The race quickly becomes a contest between Borghese's Italia and the Spyker, driven by a Dutch circus roustabout.
  He had a rich and varied career, as fairground boxer, circus roustabout, cartoonist, poster designer, trades-union journal editor, television presenter, and towards the end of his life, psychotherapist.
  Every one of the musicians in the orchestra have spent uncounted numbers of hours to become the fine, cohesive, interpretive group they are and you treat them like three-ring roustabouts.
  In the days before her wedding, after college graduation, she finds herself being drawn into the classic ‘torrid affair’ with a roustabout at a carnival.
  Few neighborhood rituals in Manhattan are more beguiling than to be present as roustabouts pump helium into the balloons that give such a childlike lift to the Macy's parade.
4. 1.4Australian, NZ
  variant spelling of rouseabout

Origin

Mid 19th century: from the verb roust.

Definition of roustabout in US English:

roustabout

nounˈraʊstəˌbaʊtˈroustəˌbout

1An unskilled or casual laborer.
非熟练工，临时工
Example sentencesExamples
- I hear, the boss took on two new roustabouts this morning to help with the canvas crew.
- He was a roustabout, he herded sheep, he was a streetcar motorman.
- Marquez had worked in the business as a roustabout - ‘a flunky,’ he says - since he was a teenager paying his way through the Harvard of geosciences, the Colorado School of Mines.
- It's the place of choice for all sorts of hard-living roustabouts who come into town to blow off a little steam after long days, weeks or even months of toil in the mines and lumber camps.
- You never know whether you're talking to a roustabout or someone with a PhD in physical science.
1. 1.1 A laborer on an oil rig.
  石油钻塔工人
  Example sentencesExamples
  The bump-backs cascade down the hierarchy of skills and seniority; the roustabouts and roughnecks in lesser-skilled positions and typically of recent hire go walking.
  The simple graphic, though it may perpetuate the hopes and expectations of unemployed roughnecks and roustabouts, masks a more complex story.
  Rocky Mountain House has more than tripled in population, and that doesn't include the countless oil and gas roustabouts, drilling maintenance crews, surveyors and the like.
  To pay the bills, the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture graduate took a job as a North Sea roustabout, the labourer of the oil industry.
  During the interior secretary's tenure in the 1980s, he jumped to more lucrative work as a pumper, roughneck, and roustabout on Wyoming's oil wells.
  For somebody who has grown up with the stench of oil dripping from filthy laundry, surrounded by roustabouts and crane operators, I've spent surprisingly little time on rigs.
  While there is no hardship pay for working offshore, entry-level roustabouts on the drilling rig still begin at about $30,000 per year.
  This was a dangerous area, but the skilled roughnecks and the roustabouts went about their business with seamless teamwork.
2. 1.2North American A dock laborer or deckhand.
  〈北美〉码头工人；舱面水手
  Example sentencesExamples
  A rig could be brought from Singapore or Perth and there would be opportunities for Hawke's Bay people to work on it as roustabouts and engineers.
3. 1.3North American A circus laborer.
  〈北美〉马戏团场地工
  Example sentencesExamples
  In the days before her wedding, after college graduation, she finds herself being drawn into the classic ‘torrid affair’ with a roustabout at a carnival.
  The race quickly becomes a contest between Borghese's Italia and the Spyker, driven by a Dutch circus roustabout.
  Few neighborhood rituals in Manhattan are more beguiling than to be present as roustabouts pump helium into the balloons that give such a childlike lift to the Macy's parade.
  ‘He was a roustabout with a traveling carnival,’ my grandmother had told me just before she had died.
  He had a rich and varied career, as fairground boxer, circus roustabout, cartoonist, poster designer, trades-union journal editor, television presenter, and towards the end of his life, psychotherapist.
  Every one of the musicians in the orchestra have spent uncounted numbers of hours to become the fine, cohesive, interpretive group they are and you treat them like three-ring roustabouts.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from the verb roust.

单词	roustabout
释义	Definition of roustabout in English: roustabout noun ˈraʊstəbaʊtˈraʊstəˌbaʊt 1An unskilled or casual labourer. 非熟练工，临时工 Example sentencesExamples You never know whether you're talking to a roustabout or someone with a PhD in physical science. It's the place of choice for all sorts of hard-living roustabouts who come into town to blow off a little steam after long days, weeks or even months of toil in the mines and lumber camps. I hear, the boss took on two new roustabouts this morning to help with the canvas crew. He was a roustabout, he herded sheep, he was a streetcar motorman. Marquez had worked in the business as a roustabout - ‘a flunky,’ he says - since he was a teenager paying his way through the Harvard of geosciences, the Colorado School of Mines. 1.1 A labourer on an oil rig. 石油钻塔工人 Example sentencesExamples This was a dangerous area, but the skilled roughnecks and the roustabouts went about their business with seamless teamwork. The simple graphic, though it may perpetuate the hopes and expectations of unemployed roughnecks and roustabouts, masks a more complex story. Rocky Mountain House has more than tripled in population, and that doesn't include the countless oil and gas roustabouts, drilling maintenance crews, surveyors and the like. For somebody who has grown up with the stench of oil dripping from filthy laundry, surrounded by roustabouts and crane operators, I've spent surprisingly little time on rigs. The bump-backs cascade down the hierarchy of skills and seniority; the roustabouts and roughnecks in lesser-skilled positions and typically of recent hire go walking. During the interior secretary's tenure in the 1980s, he jumped to more lucrative work as a pumper, roughneck, and roustabout on Wyoming's oil wells. To pay the bills, the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture graduate took a job as a North Sea roustabout, the labourer of the oil industry. While there is no hardship pay for working offshore, entry-level roustabouts on the drilling rig still begin at about $30,000 per year. 1.2North American A dock labourer or deckhand. 〈北美〉码头工人；舱面水手 Example sentencesExamples A rig could be brought from Singapore or Perth and there would be opportunities for Hawke's Bay people to work on it as roustabouts and engineers. 1.3North American A circus labourer. 〈北美〉马戏团场地工 Example sentencesExamples ‘He was a roustabout with a traveling carnival,’ my grandmother had told me just before she had died. The race quickly becomes a contest between Borghese's Italia and the Spyker, driven by a Dutch circus roustabout. He had a rich and varied career, as fairground boxer, circus roustabout, cartoonist, poster designer, trades-union journal editor, television presenter, and towards the end of his life, psychotherapist. Every one of the musicians in the orchestra have spent uncounted numbers of hours to become the fine, cohesive, interpretive group they are and you treat them like three-ring roustabouts. In the days before her wedding, after college graduation, she finds herself being drawn into the classic ‘torrid affair’ with a roustabout at a carnival. Few neighborhood rituals in Manhattan are more beguiling than to be present as roustabouts pump helium into the balloons that give such a childlike lift to the Macy's parade. 1.4Australian, NZ variant spelling of rouseabout Origin Mid 19th century: from the verb roust. Definition of roustabout in US English: roustabout nounˈraʊstəˌbaʊtˈroustəˌbout 1An unskilled or casual laborer. 非熟练工，临时工 Example sentencesExamples I hear, the boss took on two new roustabouts this morning to help with the canvas crew. He was a roustabout, he herded sheep, he was a streetcar motorman. Marquez had worked in the business as a roustabout - ‘a flunky,’ he says - since he was a teenager paying his way through the Harvard of geosciences, the Colorado School of Mines. It's the place of choice for all sorts of hard-living roustabouts who come into town to blow off a little steam after long days, weeks or even months of toil in the mines and lumber camps. You never know whether you're talking to a roustabout or someone with a PhD in physical science. 1.1 A laborer on an oil rig. 石油钻塔工人 Example sentencesExamples The bump-backs cascade down the hierarchy of skills and seniority; the roustabouts and roughnecks in lesser-skilled positions and typically of recent hire go walking. The simple graphic, though it may perpetuate the hopes and expectations of unemployed roughnecks and roustabouts, masks a more complex story. Rocky Mountain House has more than tripled in population, and that doesn't include the countless oil and gas roustabouts, drilling maintenance crews, surveyors and the like. To pay the bills, the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture graduate took a job as a North Sea roustabout, the labourer of the oil industry. During the interior secretary's tenure in the 1980s, he jumped to more lucrative work as a pumper, roughneck, and roustabout on Wyoming's oil wells. For somebody who has grown up with the stench of oil dripping from filthy laundry, surrounded by roustabouts and crane operators, I've spent surprisingly little time on rigs. While there is no hardship pay for working offshore, entry-level roustabouts on the drilling rig still begin at about $30,000 per year. This was a dangerous area, but the skilled roughnecks and the roustabouts went about their business with seamless teamwork. 1.2North American A dock laborer or deckhand. 〈北美〉码头工人；舱面水手 Example sentencesExamples A rig could be brought from Singapore or Perth and there would be opportunities for Hawke's Bay people to work on it as roustabouts and engineers. 1.3North American A circus laborer. 〈北美〉马戏团场地工 Example sentencesExamples In the days before her wedding, after college graduation, she finds herself being drawn into the classic ‘torrid affair’ with a roustabout at a carnival. The race quickly becomes a contest between Borghese's Italia and the Spyker, driven by a Dutch circus roustabout. Few neighborhood rituals in Manhattan are more beguiling than to be present as roustabouts pump helium into the balloons that give such a childlike lift to the Macy's parade. ‘He was a roustabout with a traveling carnival,’ my grandmother had told me just before she had died. He had a rich and varied career, as fairground boxer, circus roustabout, cartoonist, poster designer, trades-union journal editor, television presenter, and towards the end of his life, psychotherapist. Every one of the musicians in the orchestra have spent uncounted numbers of hours to become the fine, cohesive, interpretive group they are and you treat them like three-ring roustabouts. Origin Mid 19th century: from the verb roust.
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