travail
英 ['træveɪl] 美 ['trævel]
- n. 分娩的痛苦；艰苦劳动
- vi. 辛勤努力；经受分娩的阵痛
词态变化
复数: travails;
助记提示
1. travel <=> travail. 变体、异体。
中文词源
travail 煎熬，痛苦，艰辛
来自古法语 travail,痛苦，煎熬，来自通俗拉丁语 tripaliare,折磨，来自拉丁语 trepalium,刑具， 一种由三根尖木桩组成的折磨工具，来自 tri-,三，词源同 three,palus,柱子，尖桩，词源同 impale,pole.
英文词源
- travail (n.)
- "labor, toil," mid-13c., from Old French travail "work, labor, toil, suffering or painful effort, trouble; arduous journey" (12c.), from travailler "to toil, labor," originally "to trouble, torture, torment," from Vulgar Latin *tripaliare "to torture," from *tripalium (in Late Latin trepalium) "instrument of torture," probably from Latin tripalis "having three stakes" (from tria "three;" see three + palus "stake;" see pale (n.)), which sounds ominous, but the exact notion is obscure. The verb is recorded from late 13c. in English, from the verb in Old French.
双语例句
- 1. He did whatever he could to ease their travail.
- 他为减轻他们的辛劳做了力所能及的一切。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Mothers know the travail of giving birth to a child.
- 母亲们了解分娩时的痛苦.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. He gained the medal through his painful travail.
- 他通过艰辛的努力获得了奖牌.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. World had to be in travail, that the meanest flower might blow.
- 社会必须经历阵痛以便让最卑微的花开放.
来自辞典例句
- 5. The travail of nationhood required above all economic and social progress.
- 国家的兴旺首先需要经济方面和社会方向的进步.
来自辞典例句