poetic/literary <诗/文>
mass noun(亦作travails)
1- painful or laborious effort艰苦劳动, 辛勤努力:
advice for those who wish to save great sorrow and travail.
对那些不想承受巨大痛苦与艰辛之人的忠告。
1.1
- labour pains分娩的阵痛:
a woman in travail.
一位经受分娩阵痛的妇女。
no obj.
1- engage in painful or laborious effort艰苦劳动, 辛勤努力。
1.1
- (of a woman) be in labour(妇女)分娩, 处于阵痛期。
词源
Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin trepalium 'instrument of torture', from Latin tres 'three' + palus 'stake'.