English Dictionary

labour

/ˈleɪ.bə/

noun

Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work. / That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.

She put a lot of labour into her art project.

意味（1）

Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.

[…]So I ſet myſelf to enlarge my Cave and Works farther into the Earth; for it was a looſe ſandy Rock, which yielded eaſily to the Labour I beſtowed on it[…]

意味（2）

That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.

Being a labour of so great difficulty, the exact performance thereof we may rather wish than look for.

意味（3）

(uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.

In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.

意味（4）

(uncountable) A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.

意味（5）

(medicine, obstetrics) The act of a mother giving birth.

意味（6）

The time period during which a mother gives birth.

意味（7）

(nautical) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.

意味（8）

An old measure of land area in Mexico and Texas, approximately 177 acres. See also sitio

the establishment of a new settlement are entitled to five sitios of grazing land, and five labors (equal to 23,025 acres)

意味（9）

(uncommon, zoology) A group of moles.