archaic, dialect, or N. Amer. <古、方或北美>
no obj.
1- work hard辛勤地工作：
men who moiled for gold.
辛劳淘金的人。
1.1
- with adverbial move around in confusion or agitation慌乱中走动; 烦躁不安地走动：
a crowd of men and women moiled in the smoky haze.
一群男女在烟雾中慌乱地走动。
mass noun
1- hard work; drudgery苦工; 苦活。
1.1
- turmoil; confusion喧闹; 骚动; 混乱：
the moil of his intimate thoughts.
他内心思绪的一片混乱。
词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'moisten or bedaub'）： from Old French moillier 'paddle in mud, moisten'， based on Latin mollis 'soft'. The sense 'work' dates from the mid 16th cent., often in the phrase toil and moil.