hireling
构词拆分
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 hirlyng
- 继承自 ←古英语 hȳrling “hireling, employee”
- 继承自 ←原始西日耳曼语 *hūʀijuling
词源说明
From Middle English hirlyng, from Old English hȳrling (“hireling, employee”), from Proto-West Germanic *hūʀijuling. Cognate with West Frisian hierling, Dutch huurling (“hireling, mercenary”), German Low German Hüürling, German Heuerling. By surface analysis, hire + -ling.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (usually derogatory) An employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence.
- (usually derogatory) Someone who does a job purely for money, rather than out of interest in the work itself.
- A horse for hire.
- (obsolete) A prostitute.