英语词汇“travail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

travailtrav‧ail /ˈtræveɪl/ noun [uncountable] written

WORD ORIGINtravail

Origin:

1200-1300 Old French travaillier ‘to torture, work very hard’, from Vulgar Latin tripaliare ‘to torture’, from tripalium ‘instrument of torture’, from Latin tri- ‘three’ + palus ‘sharp stick’

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

In the middle of this elephantine travail, there came a knock on the door.
Kitchen travail was for reward; now you get gratification without labour.
Let us be clear about the causes of our present economic travail and where the blame lies.
Many have already departed by the way of this terrible illness, no doubt others will follow before our present travail is over.
No longer could she take any pleasure in the act; almost she had come to hate the interminable travail.
Why does this inspirational man demand so much travail from his damaged body?

(also travails [plural]) a difficult or unpleasant situation, or very tiring worktravail of

the travails of last year’s water shortage

单词	travail
释义	travailtrav‧ail /ˈtræveɪl/ noun [uncountable] written Word Origin WORD ORIGINtravail Origin: 1200-1300 Old French travaillier ‘to torture, work very hard’, from Vulgar Latin tripaliare ‘to torture’, from tripalium ‘instrument of torture’, from Latin tri- ‘three’ + palus ‘sharp stick’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS In the middle of this elephantine travail, there came a knock on the door. Kitchen travail was for reward; now you get gratification without labour. Let us be clear about the causes of our present economic travail and where the blame lies. Many have already departed by the way of this terrible illness, no doubt others will follow before our present travail is over. No longer could she take any pleasure in the act; almost she had come to hate the interminable travail. Why does this inspirational man demand so much travail from his damaged body? (also travails [plural]) a difficult or unpleasant situation, or very tiring worktravail of the travails of last year’s water shortage
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