drudge: [15] No one is quite sure where drudge comes from. It is first recorded, as a noun, towards the end of the 15th century, and the verb followed about fifty years later. One possible source may be the Middle English verb drugge ‘pull laboriously’, a possible relative of English drag; another suggestion is the Old English verb drēogan ‘work’.
drudge (n.)
late 15c., "one employed in mean, servile, or distasteful work," missing in Old English and Middle English, unless it is represented by Middle English druggen "do menial or monotonous work; druggunge, mid-13c., which are perhaps from Old English dreogan "to work, suffer, endure" (see endure). The verb is from 1540s. Related: Drudged; drudging. The surname is from 13c., probably from Old French dragie "a mixture of grains sown together," thus, a grower of this crop.
例文
1. I feel like a real drudge -I 've done nothing but clean all day！
私は自分が苦労人のように感じています——一日中清掃作業をしています！
2.I am a disappointed drudge ，sir.
私は絶望的な苦力です、先生.
3.Who，on a Sunday jant to the shore or mountains，has not pitied some self-employed drudge ？
日曜日に浜辺や山を訪れる人は、苦労している自営業者に同情しないだろうか。
4.I 'm a poor，miserable，forlorn drudge ；I shall only drag you down with me.
私は貧乏、倒運、途方に暮れる苦力で、あなたを引きずるだけです。
5.I tell you as a soldier that God is no man 's daily drudge .