labour 音标拼音: [l'eb
, ɑʊr] [l'ebɚ]
n . 劳动,努力,工作,劳工,工人,分娩
vi . 劳动,努力,苦干
vt . 详细分析,麻烦
劳动,努力,工作,劳工,工人,分娩劳动,努力,苦干详细分析,麻烦
labour n 1 :
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages ; "
there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field " [
synonym : {
labor }, {
labour }, {
working class },
{
proletariat }]
2 :
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 }]
3 :
a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900 ;
characterized by the promotion of labor '
s interests and formerly the socialization of key industries [
synonym : {
British Labour Party }, {
Labour Party }, {
Labour }, {
Labor }]
4 :
productive work (
especially physical work done for wages );
"
his labor did not require a great deal of skill " [
synonym :
{
labor }, {
labour }, {
toil }]
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 }]
2 :
strive and make an effort to reach a goal ; "
She tugged for years to make a decent living "; "
We have to push a little to make the deadline !"; "
She is driving away at her doctoral thesis " [
synonym : {
tug }, {
labor }, {
labour }, {
push }, {
drive }]
3 :
undergo the efforts of childbirth [
synonym : {
labor }, {
labour }]
Labor \
La "
bor \ (
l [=
a ]"
b [~
e ]
r ),
n . [
OE .
labour ,
OF .
labour ,
laber ,
labur ,
F .
labeur ,
L .
labor ;
cf .
Gr .
lamba `
nein to take ,
Skr .
labh to get ,
seize .] [
Written also {
labour }.]
1 .
Physical toil or bodily exertion ,
especially when fatiguing ,
irksome ,
or unavoidable ,
in distinction from sportive exercise ;
hard ,
muscular effort directed to some useful end ,
as agriculture ,
manufactures ,
and like ;
servile toil ;
exertion ;
work .
[
1913 Webster ]
God hath set Labor and rest ,
as day and night ,
to men Successive . --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Intellectual exertion ;
mental effort ;
as ,
the labor of compiling a history .
[
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3 .
That which requires hard work for its accomplishment ;
that which demands effort .
[
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Being a labor of so great a difficulty ,
the exact performance thereof we may rather wish than look for . --
Hooker .
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1913 Webster ]
4 .
Travail ;
the pangs and efforts of childbirth .
[
1913 Webster ]
The queen '
s in labor ,
They say ,
in great extremity ;
and feared She '
ll with the labor end . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 .
Any pang or distress . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
6 . (
Naut .)
The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging .
[
1913 Webster ]
7 . [
Sp .]
A measure of land in Mexico and Texas ,
equivalent to an area of 1771 /
7 acres . --
Bartlett .
8 . (
Mining .)
A stope or set of stopes . [
Sp .
Amer .]
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
Syn :
Work ;
toil ;
drudgery ;
task ;
exertion ;
effort ;
industry ;
painstaking .
See {
Toll }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Labor \
La "
bor \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Labored };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Laboring }.] [
OE .
labouren ,
F .
labourer ,
L .
laborare .
See {
Labor },
n .] [
Written also {
labour }.]
1 .
To exert muscular strength ;
to exert one '
s strength with painful effort ,
particularly in servile occupations ;
to work ;
to toil .
[
1913 Webster ]
Adam ,
well may we labor still to dress This garden . --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To exert one '
s powers of mind in the prosecution of any design ;
to strive ;
to take pains .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
To be oppressed with difficulties or disease ;
to do one '
s work under conditions which make it especially hard ,
wearisome ;
to move slowly ,
as against opposition ,
or under a burden ;
to be burdened ; --
often with under ,
and formerly with of .
[
1913 Webster ]
The stone that labors up the hill . --
Granville .
[
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The line too labors ,
and the words move slow .
--
Pope .
[
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To cure the disorder under which he labored . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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Come unto me ,
all ye that labor and are heavy laden ,
and I will give you rest . --
Matt .
xi .
28 [
1913 Webster ]
4 .
To be in travail ;
to suffer the pangs of childbirth ;
to be in labor .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 . (
Naut .)
To pitch or roll heavily ,
as a ship in a turbulent sea . --
Totten .
[
1913 Webster ]
labour \
la "
bour \,
n .
Same as {
labor }; --
British spelling . [
Chiefly Brit .]
[
PJC ]
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