travail

n. 分娩的痛苦, 阵痛, 辛劳 vi. 发生阵痛, 辛劳

发音

其它 /tɹəˈveɪl/

词形变化

travails 复数 travails travaux travaux 复数 travailed travailest travaileth travailing travails 三单 travailing 现在分词 travailed 过去式 travailed 过去分词

别名

travel travell

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.

    文学
  2. 2.

    Specifically, the labor of childbirth.

  3. 3.

    An act of working; labor (US), labour (British).

    可数 废旧
  4. 4.

    The eclipse of a celestial object.

    废旧
  5. 5.

    Obsolete form of travel.

    废旧
  6. 6.

    Alternative form of travois (“a kind of sled”)

v.
  1. 1.

    To toil.

  2. 2.

    To go through the labor of childbirth.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

effort sweat labor labour confinement exertion childbed elbow grease lying-in parturiency

上位词 7

birth labor labour toil birthing giving birth parturition

下位词 10

trouble pull struggle exercise application difficulty strain rubbing workout straining

部分词 3

asynclitism effacement obliquity

整体词 3

pregnancy maternity gestation
动词

同义词 8

dig labor labour fag grind toil drudge moil

上位词 1

work

词源

Possible appearance of a tripalium Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Italic *trēs Latin trēsder. Latin tri- Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-der. Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos Proto-Italic *pākslos Latin pālus Latin -is Latin tripālis Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Byzantine Greek τριπάσσαλον (tripássalon)calq.? Vulgar Latin tripālium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Vulgar Latin -āre Vulgar Latin *tripāliāre Old French travaillerdeverb. Old French travailbor. Middle English travail English travail Inherited from Middle English travail, borrowed from Old French travail (“suffering, torment”), deverbal from travailler, from Vulgar Latin *tripāliāre (“to torment”), from tripālium (“torture device”) + -āre (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of travel and travois.

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