toil
Word family adjectivetoiledtoilfultoillesstoilsometoilwornnountoilertoilingtoilsomenessadverbtoilsomelyverbtoil
toil1 /tɔɪl/ verb [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]1 (also toil away)WORK HARD to work very hard for a long period of time 長時間地苦幹,辛苦勞作toil atI’ve been toiling away at this essay all weekend. 我整個周末都在埋頭寫這篇文章。
2 literaryMOVE/CHANGE POSITION to move slowly and with great effort 吃力地慢行,跋涉toil up/through/along etcThey toiled slowly up the hill. 他們吃力地慢慢爬上了山。
toil2 noun [uncountableU] formal1 WORK THAT somebody DOEShard unpleasant work done over a long period 長時間的辛苦勞作 2. the toils of something literaryAL if you are caught in the toils of an unpleasant feeling or situation, you are trapped by it …的困境,…的苦惱 Origin toil1 (1200-1300) Anglo-French toiller, from Old French toeillier “to disturb, argue”, from Latin tudiculare “to crush”, from tudicula “machine for crushing olives”, from tudes “hammer”
toil2 1. (1300-1400) Anglo-French toyl, from
Old French toeil “battle, confusion”, from
toeillier;
→ TOIL1 2. (1500-1600) toil “net” ((16-19 centuries)), from
French toile;
→ TOILET