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词组 corvey; corvee
释义 corvey; corvee
noun
in Quebec, a community work project CANADA
Originally the word, from French, meant “community work repairing the road in the spring.” In French, it carries the sense of “what a bore!” but in English, it is still used.
  • About 500 volunteers collected litter or planted trees during the Corvee du Mont Royal, the annual organized cleanup of the mountain. The annual corvey has developed into an event that is part work, part spring festival, part family outing. — Montreal Gazette, p. A3, 6 May 2002
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