| 单词 | labour-saving |
| 释义 | labour-savingWord family adjectivelaboriouslabouredlaboursomelabour-intensivelabour-savingadverblaboriouslynounlaboriousnesslabourerlabourismlabouristLabouritelabor unionlabour camplabour forcelabour ˈlabour-ˌsaving British EnglishBrE, labor-saving American English adjectiveadj [only before noun] EFFICIENTmaking it easier for you to do a particular job 节省劳力的 labour-saving device/gadget/equipment etc 节省劳力的装置/器具/设备等 Examples from the Corpus labour-saving device/gadget/equipment etc• Used many times every day, it is the most time and labour-saving device ever invented for cooks.• In all, a labour-saving device for those with very large gardens.• After the luxury of labour-saving devices it is just too tedious to go back to the old ways.• If you can afford it, buy some labour-saving devices, like a washing machine. From Longman Business Dictionary labour-savingˈlabour-ˌsaving British EnglishBrE, labor-saving American EnglishAmE adjectiveadj [only before a noun] a labour-saving tool or piece of equipment makes a job easier or quicker to do labour-saving devices such as dishwashers and washing machines A rise in wage levels, he argued, encouraged employers to invest in labour-saving technology. |
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