transcription, транскрипция: [ wɜ:(r)khɔ:(r)s ]
( workhorses)
1.
A workhorse is a horse which is used to do a job, for example to pull a plough.
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2.
If you describe a person or a machine as a workhorse , you mean that they can be relied upon to do a large amount of work, especially work that is dull or routine.
...the Wellington bomber, the great workhorse of the war...
My husband never even looked at me. I was just a workhorse bringing up three children.
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