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词汇 plongeur
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Definition of plongeur in English:

plongeur

noun plɒ̃ˈzəːˌplôNˈZHər
  • A person employed to wash dishes and carry out other menial tasks in a restaurant or hotel.

    (餐厅或酒店)洗盘工

    Orwell worked in Paris as a plongeur
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In Paris, he took a job as a plongeur and learned more about the suffering of the poor in another European capital.
    • And then he starts the job, as a plongeur in a hotel kitchen.
    • These are the homes of the night staff, the plongeurs from the uptown restaurants.
    • Published in 1933 as an autobiographical novel, Down and Out in Paris and London records the author's experiences toiling under terrible conditions as a plongeur, or restaurant dishwasher, in the bowels of a great Paris hotel.

Origin

French, literally 'person who plunges'.

Definition of plongeur in US English:

plongeur

nounˌplôNˈZHər
  • A person employed to wash dishes and carry out other menial tasks in a restaurant or hotel.

    (餐厅或酒店)洗盘工

    Orwell worked in Paris as a plongeur
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Published in 1933 as an autobiographical novel, Down and Out in Paris and London records the author's experiences toiling under terrible conditions as a plongeur, or restaurant dishwasher, in the bowels of a great Paris hotel.
    • And then he starts the job, as a plongeur in a hotel kitchen.
    • In Paris, he took a job as a plongeur and learned more about the suffering of the poor in another European capital.
    • These are the homes of the night staff, the plongeurs from the uptown restaurants.

Origin

French, literally ‘person who plunges’.

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