掘土工 meaning in English

banker

And so , as we have said , the iron gate leading into the kitchen - garden had been closed up and left to the rust , which bade fair before long to eat off its hinges , while to prevent the ignoble glances of the diggers and delvers of the ground from presuming to sully the aristocratic enclosure belonging to the mansion , the gate had been boarded up to a height of six feet
因此，正如刚才已经说过的，这扇通果园的铁门已封闭了起来，任其生锈腐蚀，而的确要不了多久铁锈就会把门的铰链烂断，同时，为了防止果园里的掘土工人擅自窥视灯厦，玷污贵族的庭园，铁门上又钉了六尺高的木板。