| 单词 | travail |
| 释义 | travail[ truh-veyl, trav-eyl ] / trəˈveɪl, ˈtræv eɪl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR travail ON THESAURUS.COM nounpainfully difficult or burdensome work; toil. pain, anguish or suffering resulting from mental or physical hardship. the pain of childbirth. verb (used without object)to suffer the pangs of childbirth; be in labor. to toil or exert oneself. Origin of travail1200–50; (v.) Middle English travaillen<Old French travaillier to torment <Vulgar Latin *trepaliāre to torture, derivative of Late Latin trepālium torture chamber, literally, instrument of torture made with three stakes (see tri-, pale2); (noun) Middle English <Old French: suffering, derivative of travailler SYNONYMS FOR travail1 labor, moil. 2 torment, agony. SEE SYNONYMS FOR travail ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby travailtraumato-, traumatogenic occlusion, traumatology, traumatopnea, trav., travail, Travancore, trave, travel, travel agency, travel agent Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for travailBritish Dictionary definitions for travailtravail / (ˈtræveɪl) literary / nounpainful or excessive labour or exertion the pangs of childbirth; labour verb(intr) to suffer or labour painfully, esp in childbirth Word Origin for travailC13: from Old French travaillier, from Vulgar Latin tripaliāre (unattested) to torture, from Late Latin trepālium instrument of torture, from Latin tripālis having three stakes, from trēs three + pālus stake Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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