labour是什么意思音标:英 ['leɪbə(r)]美 [ˈlebɚ]

n. 劳动, 努力, 工作, 劳工, 分娩
vi. 劳动, 努力, 苦干
vt. 详细分析, 使厌烦

n a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
n concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
n a poptical party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the sociapzation of key industries
n productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
v work hard
v strive and make an effort to reach a goal
v undergo the efforts of childbirth

labour的用法和例句：

1.He was a builder, a general labourer.

他是建筑工人 一个零工

2.I could be a farm labourer, but I want more than that.

我可以做个农工 但我有更大的志向

3.And labourers, when they got a break.

而体力劳动者们 只能等休工之时了

4.You are labouring under a delusion, gentlemen.

你们才活在幻想中 先生们

5.It's manual labour. It's not a sport.

这算体力劳动 不算运动啊

6.I am more than ready to resume my labours.

我已经准备好继续回去工作了

7.His hands are certainly not those of a labourer.

他的手不像是那些做苦力的人

8.What a labour just to create a field.

平整这样一块地要费不少工夫吧

9.Nay, he do labour hard as any, more'n most.

没 他干活儿不比别人差 甚至更认真

10.The thing I've been labouring to bring about for months.

是我几个月来一直在忙的事