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• ihmistyövoima• työ• työvoima• heilua• hikoilla• huhkia• aherrus• ahertaa• ahkeroida• urakoida• uurastaa• ponnistus• raataa• puurtaa• rehkiä• synnytyspoltot• synnytys• pingottaa* * *'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.) työ2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) työvoima3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) synnytyspoltot4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) työväenpuolue2. verb1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) ahertaa2) (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.) kulkea vaivalloisesti•- laboriously
- laboriousness
- labourer
- labour court
- labour dispute
- labour-saving
См. также в других словарях:
labourer — n. 1) a common; day; immigrant; itinerant; skilled; unskilled labourer 2) (BE) an agricultural labourer (CE has farm worker) 3) (BE) a casual labourer (AE has transient worker) * * * [ leɪb(ə)rə] day immigrant itinerant skilled … Combinatory dictionary
unskilled — [[t]ʌ̱nskɪ̱ld[/t]] 1) ADJ People who are unskilled do not have any special training for a job. He went to Paris in search of work as an unskilled labourer... Most of those who left the province to work abroad were unskilled. 2) ADJ: usu ADJ n… … English dictionary
labourer — (US laborer) ► NOUN ▪ a person doing unskilled manual work … English terms dictionary
labourer — (BrE) (AmE laborer) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ casual (esp. BrE), day, wage ▪ immigrant (esp. AmE), migrant ▪ manual ▪ … Collocations dictionary
unskilled — adj. Unskilled is used with these nouns: ↑employee, ↑employment, ↑immigrant, ↑job, ↑labour, ↑labourer, ↑occupation, ↑work, ↑worker … Collocations dictionary
labourer — (US laborer) noun a person doing unskilled manual work … English new terms dictionary
labourer — noun Syn: workman, worker, working man, manual worker, unskilled worker, blue collar worker, (hired) hand, roustabout, drudge, menial; Austral. / NZ rouseabout … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
labourer — n. (US laborer) 1 a person doing unskilled, usu. manual, work for wages. 2 a person who labours. Etymology: ME f. OF laboureur (as LABOUR) … Useful english dictionary
day labourer — noun an unskilled labourer paid by the day … English new terms dictionary
day labourer — (Brit.) n. person who works by the day and is paid by the day (generally an unskilled worker), also spelled day laborer … English contemporary dictionary
brickie's labourer — /brɪkiz ˈleɪbərə/ (say brikeez laybuhruh) noun an unskilled assistant to a bricklayer. Also, brickie s laborer …
