[no obj.]work extremely hard or incessantly 苦干,辛勤劳动 we toiled away. 我们劳碌不停。 [with infinitive]Richard toiled to build his editorial team. 理查德辛苦地组建他的编辑队伍。 ■[with adverbial of direction]move slowly and with difficulty 艰难地行走 she began to toil up the cliff path. 她艰难地爬上悬崖。
noun
[mass noun]exhausting physical labour 苦工,累活 a life of toil. 辛劳的一生。
派生 toiler noun 语源
Middle English (in the senses 'contend verbally' and 'strife'): from Anglo-Norman French toiler 'strive, dispute', toil 'confusion', from Latin tudiculare 'stir about', from tudicula 'machine for crushing olives', related to tundere 'crush'