travail
travail
[ˈtraveɪl]
(poetic/literary)(诗/文)
noun
[ˈtraveɪl]
(poetic/literary)(诗/文)
noun
- [mass noun](亦作 travails)painful or laborious effort
艰苦劳动，辛勤努力
advice for those who wish to save great sorrow and travail.
对那些不想承受巨大痛苦与艰辛之人的建议。
■labour pains
分娩的阵痛
a woman in travail.
一位经受分娩阵痛的妇女。
- [no obj.]engage in painful or laborious effort
艰苦劳动，辛勤努力
■(of a woman) be in labour
（妇女）分娩，处于阵痛期
- Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin trepalium 'instrument of torture', from Latin tres 'three' + palus 'stake'
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