toil 音标拼音: [t'ɔɪl]
n . 辛苦,苦工,网,罗网,圈套
vi . 苦干,跋涉
辛苦,苦工,网,罗网,圈套苦干,跋涉
toil n 1 :
productive work (
especially physical work done for wages );
"
his labor did not require a great deal of skill " [
synonym :
{
labor }, {
labour }, {
toil }]
v 1 :
work hard ; "
She was digging away at her math homework ";
"
Lexicographers drudge all day long " [
synonym : {
labor },
{
labour }, {
toil }, {
fag }, {
travail }, {
grind }, {
drudge },
{
dig }, {
moil }]
Toil \
Toil \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Toiled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Toiling }.] [
OE .
toilen to pull about ,
to toil ;
of uncertain origin ;
cf .
OD .
teulen ,
tuylen ,
to labor ,
till ,
or OF .
tooillier ,
toailler ,
to wash ,
rub (
cf . {
Towel });
or perhaps ultimately from the same root as E .
tug .]
To exert strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind ,
especially of the body ,
with efforts of some continuance or duration ;
to labor ;
to work .
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Toil \
Toil \,
v .
t .
1 .
To weary ;
to overlabor . [
Obs .] "
Toiled with works of war ."
--
Shak .
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2 .
To labor ;
to work ; --
often with out . [
R .]
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Places well toiled and husbanded . --
Holland .
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[
I ]
toiled out my uncouth passage . --
Milton .
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Toil \
Toil \,
n . [
OE .
toil turmoil ,
struggle ;
cf .
OD .
tuyl labor ,
work .
See {
Toil },
v .]
Labor with pain and fatigue ;
labor that oppresses the body or mind ,
esp .
the body .
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My task of servile toil . --
Milton .
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After such bloody toil ,
we bid good night . --
Shak .
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Note :
Toil is used in the formation of compounds which are generally of obvious signification ;
as ,
toil -
strung ,
toil -
wasted ,
toil -
worn ,
and the like .
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Syn :
Labor ;
drudgery ;
work ;
exertion ;
occupation ;
employment ;
task ;
travail .
Usage : {
Toil }, {
Labor }, {
Drudgery }.
Labor implies strenuous exertion ,
but not necessary such as overtasks the faculties ;
toil denotes a severity of labor which is painful and exhausting ;
drudgery implies mean and degrading work ,
or ,
at least ,
work which wearies or disgusts from its minuteness or dull uniformity .
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You do not know the heavy grievances ,
The toils ,
the labors ,
weary drudgeries ,
Which they impose . --
Southern .
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How often have I blessed the coming day ,
When toil remitting lent its turn to play .
--
Goldsmith .
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Toil \
Toil \,
n . [
F .
toiles ,
pl .,
toils ,
nets ,
fr .
toile cloth ,
canvas ,
spider web ,
fr .
L .
tela any woven stuff ,
a web ,
fr .
texere to weave .
See {
Text },
and cf . {
Toilet }.]
A net or snare ;
any thread ,
web ,
or string spread for taking prey ; --
usually in the plural .
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As a Numidian lion ,
when first caught ,
Endures the toil that holds him . --
Denham .
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Then toils for beasts ,
and lime for birds ,
were found .
--
Dryden .
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124 Moby Thesaurus words for "
toil ":
bait ,
be employed ,
birdlime ,
bola ,
burden ,
carry on business ,
cobweb ,
cramp ,
cripple ,
cumber ,
dig ,
dirty work ,
do business ,
donkeywork ,
dragnet ,
drive ,
drudge ,
drudgery ,
embarrass ,
employment ,
encumber ,
enmesh ,
ensnarl ,
entangle ,
entoil ,
entrammel ,
entrap ,
entwine ,
fag ,
fatigue ,
fetter ,
fishhook ,
fly ,
follow a trade ,
gill net ,
grind ,
ground bait ,
grub ,
hammer ,
hammer away ,
hamper ,
hamstring ,
handicap ,
handiwork ,
handwork ,
have a job ,
hobble ,
hook ,
impede ,
industry ,
involve ,
jig ,
keep up ,
labor ,
lame ,
lariat ,
lasso ,
lick ,
lick of work ,
lime ,
lumber ,
lure ,
manual labor ,
meshes ,
moil ,
moonlight ,
muck ,
net ,
noose ,
peg ,
peg away ,
plod ,
plug ,
plug along ,
plug away ,
pound away ,
pound net ,
practice a profession ,
press down ,
purse seine ,
rat race ,
saddle with ,
scut work ,
seine ,
set up shop ,
shackle ,
slave ,
slavery ,
slog ,
slogging ,
slop ,
snare ,
snarl ,
sniggle ,
spadework ,
spinner ,
springe ,
squid ,
stay employed ,
stodge ,
strain ,
strive ,
stroke ,
stroke of work ,
sweat ,
tangle ,
task ,
tiresome work ,
toils ,
trammel ,
transact business ,
trash ,
travail ,
trawl ,
treadmill ,
trudge ,
tug ,
wade through ,
weigh down ,
wobbler ,
work ,
work at ,
work away ,
work for
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