单词 | travailsome |
释义 | travailsomeadj. Now rare and chiefly literary. Characterized by or involving great effort, exertion, pain, or discomfort; laborious, exhausting; arduous, difficult; = travailous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or laborious strongc1175 travailousa1382 laborousc1405 laboriousc1410 travailsome1549 laboursome1551 rigorousa1564 Herculean1594 surly1609 Augean1724 dreich1804 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [adjective] > laborious or toilsome soreOE workfulOE hardOE torc1175 beswinkfulc1230 heavya1325 sweatyc1374 travailousa1382 laboriousa1393 laborousc1405 winful1443 painfulc1480 toilous1530 operousa1538 drudging1548 travailsome1549 laboursome1551 moilingc1566 toilsome?1570 toilful1573 sweating1592 insudate1609 sweatfula1618 moliminous1656 operose1659 swinking1693 schleppy1978 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > causing weariness or exhaustion > esp. through labour travailousa1382 laboriousc1410 travailsome1549 break-back1556 toilsome?1570 toilful1573 back-aching1603 back-breaking1904 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Fv In how many miseries mans life is wrapped, how wretched and vile his byrthe is,..how trauailsome his youth,..and last how feareful his death were. 1564 J. Stubbs tr. T. de Bèze Hist. Life & Death Caluin sig. D.iiv The retourne of thys long & trauaylsome voyage. 1617 J. Moore Mappe Mans Mortal. ii. vi. 137 Certaine sorrow, vncertaine pleasure, trauelsome labour, fearefull rest. 1909 Telegraph (Brisbane) 3 Sept. 6/4 Amid the travailsome throes of this political hurly burly is sent a prime sensation to relieve the tension of the public mind. 1976 Dayton (Ohio) Daily News 15 Sept. 52/3 Tamino..agrees to save Pamina from her fate. To help him in his travailsome travels, the Queen gives him a magic flute. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1549 |
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