travail 音标拼音: [trəv'el]
n . 分娩的痛苦,阵痛,辛劳
vi . 发生阵痛,辛劳
分娩的痛苦,阵痛,辛劳发生阵痛,辛劳
travail n 1 :
concluding state of pregnancy ;
from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child ; "
she was in labor for six hours " [
synonym : {
parturiency }, {
labor }, {
labour },
{
confinement }, {
lying -
in }, {
travail }, {
childbed }]
2 :
use of physical or mental energy ;
hard work ; "
he got an A for effort "; "
they managed only with great exertion " [
synonym :
{
effort }, {
elbow grease }, {
exertion }, {
travail }, {
sweat }]
v 1 :
work hard ; "
She was digging away at her math homework ";
"
Lexicographers drudge all day long " [
synonym : {
labor },
{
labour }, {
toil }, {
fag }, {
travail }, {
grind }, {
drudge },
{
dig }, {
moil }]
Travail \
Tra `
vail "\,
n . [
Cf .
F .
travail ,
a frame for confining a horse ,
or OF .
travail beam ,
and E .
trave ,
n .
Cf . {
Travail },
v .
i .]
Same as {
Travois }.
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
Travail \
Trav "
ail \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Travailed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Travailing }.] [
F .
travailler ,
OF .
traveillier ,
travaillier ,
to labor ,
toil ,
torment ;
cf .
Pr .
trebalhar to torment ,
agitate .
See {
Travail },
n .]
1 .
To labor with pain ;
to toil . [
Archaic ] "
Slothful persons which will not travail for their livings ." --
Latimer .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To suffer the pangs of childbirth ;
to be in labor .
[
1913 Webster ]
Travail \
Trav "
ail \,
v .
t .
To harass ;
to tire . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
As if all these troubles had not been sufficient to travail the realm ,
a great division fell among the nobility . --
Hayward .
[
1913 Webster ]
Travail \
Trav "
ail \ (?;
48 ),
n . [
F .
travail ;
cf .
Pr .
trabalh ,
trebalh ,
toil ,
torment ,
torture ;
probably from LL .
trepalium a place where criminals are tortured ,
instrument of torture .
But the French word may be akin to L .
trabs a beam ,
or have been influenced by a derivative from trabs (
cf . {
Trave }).
Cf .
{
Travel }.]
1 .
Labor with pain ;
severe toil or exertion .
[
1913 Webster ]
As everything of price ,
so this doth require travail . --
Hooker .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Parturition ;
labor ;
as ,
an easy travail .
[
1913 Webster ]
87 Moby Thesaurus words for "
travail ":
accouchement ,
be confined ,
bear ,
bear a child ,
bear young ,
birth ,
birth throes ,
birthing ,
blessed event ,
calve ,
cast ,
childbearing ,
childbed ,
childbirth ,
confinement ,
delivery ,
dig ,
dirty work ,
donkeywork ,
drop ,
drudge ,
drudgery ,
employment ,
fag ,
farrow ,
fatigue ,
fawn ,
foal ,
genesis ,
give birth ,
giving birth ,
grind ,
grub ,
hammer ,
hammer away ,
handiwork ,
handwork ,
hatching ,
have ,
have a baby ,
have young ,
having a baby ,
industry ,
kitten ,
labor ,
lamb ,
lick ,
lick of work ,
lie in ,
litter ,
manual labor ,
moil ,
multiparity ,
nascency ,
nativity ,
pains ,
parturition ,
peg ,
peg away ,
plod ,
plug ,
plug along ,
plug away ,
plugging ,
pound away ,
pup ,
rat race ,
scut work ,
slavery ,
slog ,
spadework ,
stroke ,
stroke of work ,
struggle ,
sweat ,
task ,
the Nativity ,
the stork ,
throw ,
tiresome work ,
toil ,
treadmill ,
wade through ,
whelp ,
work ,
work away ,
yean
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