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travail/ˈtræveil/ n. & v. literary [文学用语]●n. 1 painful or laborious effort 艰苦劳动；辛勤努力 2 the pangs of childbirth (分娩时的)阵痛 ●v. intr. undergo a painful effort, esp. in childbirth (尤指分娩时)经受阵痛 [Middle English from Old French travail, travaillier, ultimately via medieval Latin trepalium ‘instrument of torture’, from Latin tres ‘three’ + palus ‘stake’] |