单词 | toil |
释义 | Word Frequency toil 1(tɔɪl) noun 1. hard or exhausting work 2. an obsolete word for strife verb 3. (intransitive) to labour 4. (intransitive) to progress with slow painful movements to toil up a hill 5. (transitive) archaic to achieve by toil Derived forms toiler (ˈtoiler) noun Word origin C13: from Anglo-French toiler to struggle, from Old French toeillier to confuse, from Latin tudiculāre to stir, from tudicula machine for bruising olives, from tudes a hammer, from tundere to beatWord Frequency toil 2(tɔɪl) noun 1. (often plural) a net or snare the toils of fortune had ensnared him 2. archaic a trap for wild beasts Word origin C16: from Old French toile, from Latin tēla loom |
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