English Dictionary

belabour

/bɪˈleɪ.bə/

verb

(transitive) To labour about; labour over; work hard upon; ply diligently. / (British spelling, transitive) To beat soundly; thump; beat someone.

He belaboured the point in his argument.

意味（1）

(transitive) To labour about; labour over; work hard upon; ply diligently.

意味（2）

(British spelling, transitive) To beat soundly; thump; beat someone.

He saw the village; he was seen coming bending forward upon his horse, belabouring it with great blows, the girths dripping with blood.

意味（3）

(British spelling, transitive) To attack someone verbally.

意味（4）

(British spelling, transitive) To discuss something unduly or repeatedly; to harp on.

Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belabouring those problems which divide us.

意味（5）

(British spelling, transitive) To explain or elaborate at length or in excessive detail; overelaborate.