legwork

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• ① 【美口】步行,走路;跑腿,奔走;采访
  • The professor wrote the book, but his students did most of the legwork in the library.教授撰写了那本书,但上图书馆找数据的跑腿工作,大部分是学生干的。

• ② 【美口】(犯罪等的)详细调查