English Dictionary

labour

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈleɪ.bə/

動詞

カナダ英語 イギリス英語 自動詞 他動詞

(intransitive) To toil, to work. / (transitive) To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).

日本語の意味

(自動詞) 働く、労働する / (他動詞) 強調する、（議論などで）点を詳しく述べる・掘り下げる

We watched the ants labour tirelessly to rebuild their nest after the rain.

私たちは雨の後、アリたちが巣を再建するために休むことなく懸命に働くのを見た。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To toil, to work.

Standing on the mountain above Caerphilly, one may reflect upon the gap where once stood Llanbradach Viaduct, and look near at hand upon the restored ruins of Caerphilly Castle; man labours to rebuild the mediaeval whilst he ruthlessly scraps the modern.

意味（2）

(transitive) To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).

I think we've all got the idea. There's no need to labour the point.

意味（3）

To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.

the stone that labours up the hill

意味（4）

To suffer the pangs of childbirth.

意味（5）

(nautical) To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.

the ship laboured so much, and took in so much water in her upper works, that we could neither eat, nor sleep dry

labours （ present singular third-person ）

labouring （ participle present ）

laboured （ participle past ）

laboured （ past ）

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