Travail



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.艰苦劳动
• ［英］ n.艰苦劳动 ( toil; agony, torment)
• ［记］ 原指妇女分娩的阵痛
• ［例］ He has devoted his life to his artistic travail.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from travailler to torment, labor, journey, from Vulgar Latin *trepaliare to torture, from Late Latin trepalium instrument of torture, from Latin tripalis having three stakes, from tri- + palus stake — more at pole
• Date: 13th century
• 1.
  • a. work especially of a painful or laborious nature ; toil
  • b. a physical or mental exertion or piece of work ; task, effort
  • c. agony, torment
• 2. labor, parturition
• Synonyms: see work

II. intransitive verb

• Date: 13th century
• 1. to labor hard ; toil
• 2. labor 3

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