a skilled manual worker, especially one who repairs and maintains machinery 技工,机修工 a car mechanic. 汽车修理工。
(archaic)a manual labourer or artisan (古)劳工;工匠 the Mechanics' Institute. 技工讲习所。
语源
late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense 'relating to manual labour'): via Old French or Latin from Greek mēkhanikos, from mēkhanē (see machine)