tra.vail
travail的音标和读音:
DJ音标发音: [trəˈveil, ˈtrævˌeil]
KK音标发音: [trəˈvel, ˈtrævˌel]
travail的词性:
n.(名词)
1. Work, especially when arduous or involving painful effort; toil.See Synonyms at work
艰苦劳动:工作,尤指费力的或需要作出巨大努力的工作;辛劳参见 work
2. Tribulation or agony; anguish.
痛苦:苦难或痛苦;悲痛
3. The labor of childbirth.
分娩
travail的词性:
v.intr.(不及物动词)
4. To work strenuously; toil.
辛劳:艰苦地工作;
5. To be in the labor of childbirth.
分娩婴儿
travail的词源:
6. Middle English
中古英语
7. from Old French
源自 古法语
8. from travailler [to work hard]
源自 travailler [努力工作]
9. from Vulgar Latin *trip3li3re [to torture with a tripalium]
源自 俗拉丁语 *trip3li3re [用刑具折磨]
10. from Late Latin trip3lium [instrument of torture]
源自 后期拉丁语 trip3lium [折磨人的器具]
11. probably from Latin trip3lis [having three stakes]
可能源自 拉丁语 trip3lis [有三个桩子的]
12. tri- [tri-]
tri- [前辍,表“三”]
13. p3lus [stake] * see pag-
p3lus [桩子] *参见 pag-