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['leibə] 1. noun1) (hard work: The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid.) arbejde2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) arbejdskraft3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) veer4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) Labour; Arbejderpartiet2. verb1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) arbejde hårdt2) (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.) slide i det; arbejde hårdt•- laboriously
- laboriousness
- labourer
- labour court
- labour dispute
- labour-saving* * *['leibə] 1. noun1) (hard work: The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid.) arbejde2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) arbejdskraft3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) veer4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) Labour; Arbejderpartiet2. verb1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) arbejde hårdt2) (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.) slide i det; arbejde hårdt•- laboriously
- laboriousness
- labourer
- labour court
- labour dispute
- labour-saving
См. также в других словарях:
Laborious — La*bo ri*ous, a. [L. laboriosus, fr. labor labor: cf. F. laborieux.] 1. Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome. [1913 Webster] Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil, Laborious virtues all? Learn these from Cato.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
laborious — [adj1] hard, difficult arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, effortful, fatiguing, forced, heavy, herculean*, labored, onerous, operose, ponderous, rough go*, stiff, strained, strenuous, tiresome, toilsome, tough, tough job*, wearing, wearisome,… … New thesaurus
laborious — index difficult, faithful (diligent), industrious, onerous, operose, oppressive, painful, painstaking … Law dictionary
laborious — (adj.) late 14c., hard working, industrious, from O.Fr. laborios arduous, wearisome; hard working (12c., Mod.Fr. laborieux), from L. laboriosus toilsome, wearisome, troublesome, from labor (see LABOR (Cf. labor) (n.)). Meaning costing much labor … Etymology dictionary
laborious — ► ADJECTIVE 1) requiring considerable time and effort. 2) showing obvious signs of effort. DERIVATIVES laboriously adverb … English terms dictionary
laborious — [lə bôr′ē əs] adj. [ME < OFr laborios < L laboriosus < labor, LABOR] 1. involving or calling for much hard work; difficult 2. industrious; hardworking 3. LABORED SYN. HARD laboriously adv. laboriousness n … English World dictionary
laborious — laboriously, adv. laboriousness, n. /leuh bawr ee euhs, bohr /, adj. 1. requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking. 2. characterized by or requiring extreme care and much attention to detail: laborious research. 3.… … Universalium
laborious — la|bo|ri|ous [ lə bɔriəs ] adjective 1. ) a laborious job or process is long, difficult, and often boring: We eventually began the laborious task of sorting through his papers. 2. ) a laborious way of doing something is slow or boring and… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
laborious — UK [ləˈbɔːrɪəs] / US [ləˈbɔrɪəs] adjective 1) a laborious job or process is long, difficult, and often boring We eventually began the laborious task of sorting through his papers. 2) a laborious way of doing something is slow or boring and… … English dictionary
laborious — la|bo|ri|ous [ləˈbo:riəs] adj taking a lot of time and effort laborious process/task/business etc ▪ Collecting the raw materials proved a long and laborious task. ▪ the laborious business of drying the crops >laboriously adv ▪ A beetle began… … Dictionary of contemporary English
laborious — adjective 1 laborious task/process/method etc a job or piece of work that is difficult and needs a lot of effort: the laborious task of collating all the evidence 2 seeming to be done slowly and with difficulty: laborious progress through the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English