n.

1. 工作；勞動；作業；事[U]
   It takes a lot of work to dig a deep well.

   挖一口深井很費事。

2. 職業，業務[U]
3. （待做的）工作；功課[U]
   I have to bring my work home today.

   今天我得把工作帶回家做。

4. 成果，產品；工藝品，針線活[U]
   This bamboo basket is my own work.

   這隻竹籃是我自己編的。

5. 著作，作品[P1][S1]
   He is making a study of William Faulkner's works.

   他在研究威廉‧福克納的作品。

6. 行為；作用[U]
   The scribbles on the wall must be the work of those children.

   牆壁上的塗鴉準是那幾個孩子畫的。

7. 【物】功[U]
8. 工廠[P][J]
9. （建築等）工程[P]
10. 活動的機件[P]
11. 【口】相關的所有事物[the P]

vi.

1. 工作，勞動，幹活[（+at/on）]
   She works in a restaurant.

   她在一家飯店工作。

2. （機器等）運轉，活動
   The machine won't work.

   機器不轉了。

3. （由於使用等）逐漸變動；慢慢地前進[Q]
4. 起作用；行得通
   Your suggestion works well.

   你的建議很有效。

5. 發酵

vt.

1. 使工作，使幹活[O]
   Don't work yourself to death.

   別拼命做了。

2. 開動；操作
   Please tell me how to work the machine.

   請告訴我如何操縱這機器。

3. 透過努力取得；靠做工取得[O]
4. 使緩慢前進；使逐漸變動[O][O8]
   Can you work the screw loose?

   你能使這個螺釘鬆開嗎？

5. 造成，引起；激起
   This scientist worked miracles.

   這位科學家創造了奇蹟。

6. 【口】安排
7. 經營，管理
   He worked the farm with great success.

   這個農場他經營得很成功。

8. 影響；說服[O]
   I'll try to work him to my way of thinking.

   我要設法說服他同意我的想法。

9. 精工細做
10. 計算，算出[（+out）]

n.

1. activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a result.
2. such activity as a means of earning income.
   ▸W. Indian a job.
3. a task or tasks to be undertaken.
   ▸the materials for this.
   ▸ (works) chiefly Brit. activity involving construction or repair.
   ▸ (works) Theology  good or moral deeds.
4. a thing or things done or made; the result of an action.
   ▸ (works) the complete artistic production of a particular author, composer, or artist.
5. (works) [treated as sing.] chiefly Brit. a place where industrial or manufacturing processes are carried out.
6. (usu. works) Military  a defensive structure.
7. (works) the mechanism of a clock or other machine.
8. Physics  the exertion of force overcoming resistance or producing molecular change.
9. (the works) informal everything needed, desired, or expected.

v.

1. do work, especially as one's job.
   ▸have a job.
   ▸set to or keep at work.
2. (of a machine or system) function, especially properly or effectively.
   ▸(with reference to a machine) be or cause to be in operation.
3. have the desired result.
   ▸bring about.
   ▸campaign.
   ▸ (work on/upon) exert influence on.
4. bring (a material or mixture) to a desired shape or consistency.
   ▸ (work in) produce articles or pictures using (a particular material or medium).
   ▸produce (an article or design) using a specified material or sewing stitch.
   ▸cultivate (land) or extract materials from (a mine or quarry).
5. move gradually or with difficulty into another position.
   ▸(of a person's features) move violently or convulsively.
6. bring into a specified emotional state:
   Harold had worked himself into a rage.
7. Sailing  make progress to windward, with repeated tacking.