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1 labour
['leɪbə(r)] 1. (US labor) n( hard work) ciężka praca f; ( work force) siła f robocza; ( work done by work force) praca f; ( MED)2. vi 3. vtLabour, the Labour Party ( BRIT) — Partia Pracy
hard labour — ( toil) harówka (inf); ( punishment) ciężkie roboty
* * *['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.) (ciężka) praca2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) siła robocza3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) poród4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) Partia Pracy2. verb1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) harować2) (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.) poruszać się z trudem, pracować z mozołem•- laboriously
- laboriousness
- labourer
- labour court
- labour dispute
- labour-saving
См. также в других словарях:
labourer — la‧bour‧er [ˈleɪbərə ǁ ər] , laborer noun [countable] JOBS someone whose job involves a lot of heavy physical work: • Nick found work as a laborer at a construction site. • a day laborer (= a worker who is hired for a day at a time ) … Financial and business terms
manual labour — BrE, manual labor AmE noun (U) work done with your hands that does not need much thought or skill manual labourer noun (C) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
labourer — n. a laborer; someone who works with their hands. [Chiefly Brit.] Syn: laborer, manual laborer. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
manual laborer — n. A person who works with the hands, rather than with the mind. Syn: laborer, labourer. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
labourer — (US laborer) ► NOUN ▪ a person doing unskilled manual work … English terms dictionary
manual laborer — noun someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor • Syn: ↑laborer, ↑labourer, ↑jack • Derivationally related forms: ↑labour (for: ↑labourer), ↑labor ( … Useful english dictionary
manual — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ how to (esp. AmE), instruction, instructional (esp. AmE), training ▪ advice, self help ▪ operator s (AmE) … Collocations dictionary
labourer — (BrE) (AmE laborer) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ casual (esp. BrE), day, wage ▪ immigrant (esp. AmE), migrant ▪ manual ▪ … Collocations dictionary
manual — I UK [ˈmænjʊəl] / US [ˈmænjuəl] noun [countable] Word forms manual : singular manual plural manuals ** a book containing instructions for doing something, especially for operating a machine an instruction/operating manual II UK [ˈmænjʊəl] / US… … English dictionary
labourer — la·bour·er || leɪbÉ™rÉ™(r) n. person who works with his/her hands; person who does manual labor; worker, wage earner … English contemporary dictionary
labourer — (US laborer) noun a person doing unskilled manual work … English new terms dictionary