释义
[ ley -ber ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈleɪ bər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun, verb (used with or without object), adjective Chiefly British . usage note for labour See -or1 .
OTHER WORDS FROM labour an·ti·la·bour, adjective Words nearby labour laborsaving, labors of Hercules, labor spy, labor union, labor unionist, labour , Labour and Socialist International, labour camp, Labour Day, laboured, labourer
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Example sentences from the Web for labour They were finally accepted by a Labour Home Secretary, Roy Jenkins, in 1967.
The Castration of Alan Turing, Britain’s Code-Breaking WWII Hero | Clive Irving| November 29, 2014| DAILY BEAST
A senior Labour Party MP scoffed at what he suggested was faulty logic.
Britain’s Let-Em-All-Die Policy | Nico Hines, Barbie Latza Nadeau| November 1, 2014| DAILY BEAST
You take away Scotland, you take a major base of Labour strength.
An Independent Scotland Will Hurt Labour | Michael Tomasky| September 17, 2014| DAILY BEAST
So a Scottish secession need not prevent Labour from winning in a reduced UK.
An Independent Scotland Will Hurt Labour | Michael Tomasky| September 17, 2014| DAILY BEAST
However: The historical record does not, it should be said, support the cataclysmic conclusion that Labour could never win again.
An Independent Scotland Will Hurt Labour | Michael Tomasky| September 17, 2014| DAILY BEAST
More than any other it represents difficulties mastered, resources combined, labour , courage and patience.
Italian Hours | Henry James
When you thus understand well the nature of the covenant, labour to understand the special reasons of it.
A Christian Directory | Baxter Richard
There was an end of all his peace, all his capacity for labour , his patient endurance of penury.
New Grub Street | George Gissing
Even so artificial a writer as Wilde had not to labour to be witty.
The Art of Letters | Robert Lynd
For what is the reason that most commodities are held at such excessive rates, but because labour is so very dear?
No Cross, No Crown | William Penn
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British Dictionary definitions for labour noun productive work, esp physical toil done for wages
the people, class, or workers involved in this, esp in contrast to management, capital, etc (as modifier ) a labour dispute ; labour relations difficult or arduous work or effort (in combination ) labour-saving a particular job or task, esp of a difficult nature
the process or effort of childbirth or the time during which this takes place (as modifier ) labour pains labour of love something done for pleasure rather than gain
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(intr; foll by for, etc ) to strive or work hard (for something)
(intr usually foll by under ) to be burdened (by) or be at a disadvantage (because of) to labour under a misapprehension
(intr) to make one's way with difficulty
(tr) to deal with or treat too persistently to labour a point
(intr) (of a woman) to be in labour
(intr) (of a ship) to pitch and toss
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Derived forms of labour labouringly or US laboringly , adverb Word Origin for labour C13: via Old French from Latin labor; perhaps related to lābī to fall
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