moil [mɔɪl] (archaic, dialect, or N. Amer.)(古、方或北美) verb
[no obj.]work hard 辛勤地工作 men who moiled for gold. 辛劳淘金的人。 ■[with adverbial]move around in confusion or agitation 慌乱中走动;烦躁不安地走动 a crowd of men and women moiled in the smoky haze. 一群男女在烟雾中慌乱地走动。
noun
[mass noun]hard work; drudgery 苦工;苦活 ■turmoil; confusion 喧闹;骚动;混乱 the moil of his intimate thoughts. 他心里一片混乱。
语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'moisten or bedaub'): from Old French moillier 'paddle in mud, moisten', based on Latin mollis 'soft'. The sense 'work' dates from the mid 16th cent., often in the phrase toil and moil