labour-saving


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labour

(American) labor (ˈleibə) noun1. hard work. The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid. 勞動 劳动2. workmen on a job. The firm is having difficulty hiring labour. 工人 工人3. (in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth. She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born. 分娩 分娩4. used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom. 英國工黨 英国工党 verb1. to be employed to do hard and unskilled work. He spends the summer labouring on a building site. 作粗活 劳动2. to move or work etc slowly or with difficulty. They laboured through the deep undergrowth in the jungle; the car engine labours a bit on steep hills. 費力地前進或工作 费力地前进laborious (ləˈboːriəs) adjective difficult; requiring hard work. Moving house is always a laborious process. 費力的 费力的laˈboriously adverb 費力地 费力地laˈboriousness noun 費力 费力ˈlabourer noun a workman who is employed to do heavy work requiring little skill. the labourers on a building site. 勞工 劳动者，劳工 ˈlabour court noun a court of law for settling disputes between management and workers. 勞資爭議法庭 劳资争议法庭ˈlabour dispute noun a disagreement between management and workers about working conditions, pay etc. 勞資糾紛 劳资纠纷ˈlabour-saving adjective intended to lessen work. washing-machines and other labour-saving devices. 節省勞力的 节省劳力的