Англо-русский словарь - travail
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Перевод с английского языка travail на русский
travail
obs.
1. noun
1) родовые муки
2) тяжелый труд Syn: see labour
2. v.
1) мучиться в родах
2) напрягаться, выполнять трудную работу
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1.
1. книж. родовые муки to be in travail —- рожать 2. книж. тяжелый труд the travails of ordinary people —- тяжелый труд простых людей long hours of travail —- долгие часы тяжелого труда the stern travail of thought —- мучительная работа мысли 3. острая боль, мука the travails of an artist —- муки художника 4. книж. мучиться в родах 5. книж. выполнять тяжелую работу ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
2.
n. & v. literary --n. 1 painful or laborious effort. 2 the pangs of childbirth. --v.intr. undergo a painful effort, esp. in childbirth. Etymology: ME f. OF travail, travaillier ult. f. med.L trepalium instrument of torture f. L tres three + palus stake ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from ~ler to torment, labor, journey, from Vulgar Latin *trepaliare to torture, from Late Latin trepalium instrument of torture, from Latin tripalis having three stakes, from tri- + palus stake — more at pole Date: 13th century 1. a. work especially of a painful or laborious nature ; toil b. a physical or mental exertion or piece of work ; task, effort c. agony, torment 2. labor, parturition Synonyms: see work II. intransitive verb Date: 13th century 1. to labor hard ; toil 2. labor 3 ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
4.
(travails) You can refer to unpleasant hard work or difficult problems as travail. (LITERARY) He did whatever he could to ease their travail. N-VAR ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ n old use 1 also travails very tiring work 2 in travail a woman who is in travail is feeling the pain of giving birth ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- c.1275, from O.Fr. travail "suffering or painful effort, trouble," from travailler "to toil, labor," originally "to trouble, torture," from V.L. *tripaliare "to torture," from *tripalium (in L.L. trepalium) "instrument of torture," probably from L. tripalis "having three stakes" (from tria, tres "three" + palus "stake"), which sounds ominous, but the exact notion is obscure. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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