n.

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

   挖一口深井很费事。

2. 职业，业务[U]
3. （待做的）工作；功课[U]
   I have to bring my work home today.

   今天我得把工作带回家做。

4. 成果，产品；工艺品，针线活[U]
   This bamboo basket is my own work.

   这只竹篮是我自己编的。

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

   他在研究威廉·福克纳的作品。

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

   墙壁上的涂鸦准是那几个孩子画的。

7. 【物】功[U]
8. 工厂[P][J]
9. （建筑等）工程[P]
10. 活动的机件[P]
11. 【口】相关的所有事物[the P]

vi.

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

   她在一家饭店工作。

2. （机器等）运转，活动
   The machine won't work.

   机器不转了。

3. （由于使用等）逐渐变动；慢慢地前进[Q]
4. 起作用；行得通
   Your suggestion works well.

   你的建议很有效。

5. 发酵

vt.

1. 使工作，使干活[O]
   Don't work yourself to death.

   别拼命做了。

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

   请告诉我如何操纵这机器。

3. 通过努力取得；靠做工取得[O]
4. 使缓慢前进；使逐渐变动[O][O8]
   Can you work the screw loose?

   你能使这个螺钉松开吗？

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

   这位科学家创造了奇迹。

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

   这个农场他经营得很成功。

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

   我要设法说服他同意我的想法。

9. 精工细做
10. 计算，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.