labor 音标拼音: [l'ebɚ]
n . 劳动,努力,工作,劳工,分娩
vi . 劳动,努力,苦干
vt . 详细分析,麻烦
劳动,努力,工作,劳工,分娩劳动,努力,苦干详细分析,麻烦
labor 人工
labor n 1 :
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages ; "
there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field " [
synonym : {
labor }, {
labour }, {
working class },
{
proletariat }]
2 :
productive work (
especially physical work done for wages );
"
his labor did not require a great deal of skill " [
synonym :
{
labor }, {
labour }, {
toil }]
3 :
concluding state of pregnancy ;
from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child ; "
she was in labor for six hours "
[
synonym : {
parturiency }, {
labor }, {
labour }, {
confinement },
{
lying -
in }, {
travail }, {
childbed }]
4 :
an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (
particularly via labor unions )
or the leaders of this movement [
synonym : {
labor movement }, {
trade union movement }, {
labor }]
5 :
a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900 ;
characterized by the promotion of labor '
s interests and formerly the socialization of key industries [
synonym : {
British Labour Party }, {
Labour Party }, {
Labour }, {
Labor }]
6 :
the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States ;
created in 1913 [
synonym : {
Department of Labor }, {
Labor Department },
{
Labor }, {
DoL }]
7 :
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted ; "
he prepared for great undertakings " [
synonym : {
undertaking },
{
project }, {
task }, {
labor }]
v 1 :
strive and make an effort to reach a goal ; "
She tugged for years to make a decent living "; "
We have to push a little to make the deadline !"; "
She is driving away at her doctoral thesis " [
synonym : {
tug }, {
labor }, {
labour }, {
push },
{
drive }]
2 :
work hard ; "
She was digging away at her math homework ";
"
Lexicographers drudge all day long " [
synonym : {
labor }, {
labour },
{
toil }, {
fag }, {
travail }, {
grind }, {
drudge }, {
dig }, {
moil }]
3 :
undergo the efforts of childbirth [
synonym : {
labor }, {
labour }]
Labor \
La "
bor \ (
l [=
a ]"
b [~
e ]
r ),
n . [
OE .
labour ,
OF .
labour ,
laber ,
labur ,
F .
labeur ,
L .
labor ;
cf .
Gr .
lamba `
nein to take ,
Skr .
labh to get ,
seize .] [
Written also {
labour }.]
1 .
Physical toil or bodily exertion ,
especially when fatiguing ,
irksome ,
or unavoidable ,
in distinction from sportive exercise ;
hard ,
muscular effort directed to some useful end ,
as agriculture ,
manufactures ,
and like ;
servile toil ;
exertion ;
work .
[
1913 Webster ]
God hath set Labor and rest ,
as day and night ,
to men Successive . --
Milton .
[
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2 .
Intellectual exertion ;
mental effort ;
as ,
the labor of compiling a history .
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3 .
That which requires hard work for its accomplishment ;
that which demands effort .
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Being a labor of so great a difficulty ,
the exact performance thereof we may rather wish than look for . --
Hooker .
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4 .
Travail ;
the pangs and efforts of childbirth .
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The queen '
s in labor ,
They say ,
in great extremity ;
and feared She '
ll with the labor end . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 .
Any pang or distress . --
Shak .
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6 . (
Naut .)
The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging .
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1913 Webster ]
7 . [
Sp .]
A measure of land in Mexico and Texas ,
equivalent to an area of 1771 /
7 acres . --
Bartlett .
8 . (
Mining .)
A stope or set of stopes . [
Sp .
Amer .]
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
Syn :
Work ;
toil ;
drudgery ;
task ;
exertion ;
effort ;
industry ;
painstaking .
See {
Toll }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Labor \
La "
bor \,
v .
t . [
F .
labourer ,
L .
laborare .]
1 .
To work at ;
to work ;
to till ;
to cultivate by toil .
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The most excellent lands are lying fallow ,
or only labored by children . --
W .
Tooke .
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2 .
To form or fabricate with toil ,
exertion ,
or care . "
To labor arms for Troy ." --
Dryden .
[
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3 .
To prosecute ,
or perfect ,
with effort ;
to urge strenuously ;
as ,
to labor a point or argument .
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4 .
To belabor ;
to beat . [
Obs .] --
Dryden .
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Labor \
La "
bor \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Labored };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Laboring }.] [
OE .
labouren ,
F .
labourer ,
L .
laborare .
See {
Labor },
n .] [
Written also {
labour }.]
1 .
To exert muscular strength ;
to exert one '
s strength with painful effort ,
particularly in servile occupations ;
to work ;
to toil .
[
1913 Webster ]
Adam ,
well may we labor still to dress This garden . --
Milton .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
To exert one '
s powers of mind in the prosecution of any design ;
to strive ;
to take pains .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
To be oppressed with difficulties or disease ;
to do one '
s work under conditions which make it especially hard ,
wearisome ;
to move slowly ,
as against opposition ,
or under a burden ;
to be burdened ; --
often with under ,
and formerly with of .
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1913 Webster ]
The stone that labors up the hill . --
Granville .
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The line too labors ,
and the words move slow .
--
Pope .
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To cure the disorder under which he labored . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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Come unto me ,
all ye that labor and are heavy laden ,
and I will give you rest . --
Matt .
xi .
28 [
1913 Webster ]
4 .
To be in travail ;
to suffer the pangs of childbirth ;
to be in labor .
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1913 Webster ]
5 . (
Naut .)
To pitch or roll heavily ,
as a ship in a turbulent sea . --
Totten .
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1913 Webster ]
206 Moby Thesaurus words for "
labor ":
accouchement ,
activities ,
activity ,
affair ,
affairs ,
aim ,
always trot out ,
amplify ,
assignment ,
bag ,
be busy ,
be confined ,
be determined ,
be employed ,
bear ,
bear a child ,
bear young ,
belabor ,
birth ,
birth throes ,
birthing ,
blessed event ,
blunder ,
business ,
busywork ,
calve ,
careen ,
career ,
carry on business ,
cast ,
char ,
chare ,
charge ,
childbearing ,
childbed ,
childbirth ,
chore ,
commerce ,
commission ,
complete ,
concern ,
concernment ,
confinement ,
cultivate ,
delivery ,
detail ,
dirty work ,
do business ,
do chars ,
do the chores ,
donkeywork ,
dress ,
drive ,
drop ,
drudge ,
drudgery ,
duty ,
dwell on ,
dwell upon ,
effort ,
elaborate ,
employ ,
employees ,
employment ,
endeavor ,
endure ,
enlarge ,
enlarge upon ,
enter into detail ,
enterprise ,
errand ,
exercise ,
exertion ,
expand ,
fag ,
falter ,
farrow ,
fatigue ,
fawn ,
fish to fry ,
flounce ,
flounder ,
foal ,
follow a trade ,
function ,
genesis ,
give birth ,
giving birth ,
go into ,
grind ,
hammer away at ,
handiwork ,
handwork ,
hard work ,
harp on ,
hatching ,
have ,
have a baby ,
have a job ,
have young ,
having a baby ,
homework ,
industry ,
insist upon ,
interest ,
job ,
job of work ,
keep up ,
kitten ,
labor under ,
laborers ,
laboriousness ,
lamb ,
lick ,
lick of work ,
lie in ,
litter ,
lookout ,
lurch ,
make -
work ,
manual labor ,
matter ,
matters in hand ,
mission ,
moil ,
moonlight ,
multiparity ,
nascency ,
nativity ,
occupation ,
odd job ,
overdo ,
overemphasize ,
overstress ,
pains ,
parturition ,
piece of work ,
pitch ,
pitch and plunge ,
plunge ,
practice a profession ,
project ,
pup ,
rat race ,
reel ,
resolve ,
rock ,
roll ,
scut work ,
seek ,
seethe ,
service ,
set up shop ,
slave ,
slavery ,
slogging ,
spadework ,
spell out ,
stagger ,
stay employed ,
stint ,
strain ,
strive ,
stroke ,
stroke of work ,
struggle ,
study ,
stumble ,
suffer ,
sway ,
sweat ,
sweat blood ,
swing ,
swot ,
task ,
tend ,
the Nativity ,
the stork ,
thing ,
things to do ,
thrash about ,
thresh over ,
throw ,
tiresome work ,
toil ,
toss ,
toss and tumble ,
toss and turn ,
totter ,
transact business ,
travail ,
treadmill ,
tug ,
tumble ,
turn a hand ,
undertaking ,
wallop ,
wallow ,
welter ,
whelp ,
work ,
work at ,
work for ,
work out ,
workers ,
yean
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