manual adj. 1.手的,手作的,手工的,用手操作的;便于手頭應(yīng)用的。 2.【法律】現(xiàn)有的。 manual labour 手工勞動。 a manual worker 體力勞動者。 the manual alphabet (聾啞人用的)手語字母。 a manual fire-engine 手壓滅火機(jī)。 manual training (學(xué)校的)手工學(xué)科〔特指木工〕。 manual exercises 刀槍操練。 a sign manual簽名,親筆署名。 n. 1.手冊;說明書;便覽;指南,寶鑒;教本;(中世紀(jì)的)祈禱書。 2.【軍事】刀槍操練。 3.【音樂】鍵盤。 4.手壓滅火機(jī)。 a school manual教科書。 the service manual維修守則,使用細(xì)則。 adv. -ly 用手;親自,實(shí)際。
Manual labour (manual labor in American English) or manual work is physical work done by people, most especially in contrast to that done by machines, and also to that done by working animals. It is most literally work done with the hands (the word "manual" comes from the [word for hand]), and, by figurative extension, it is work done with any of the muscles and bones of the body.