1 [U] work, usually of a hard, physical kind 劳动(通常指繁重的体力劳动):
manual labour (= work using your hands)体力劳动
2 [U] workers, when thought of as a group 劳工(总称):
There is a shortage of skilled labour.熟练工人短缺。
3 [U] [C] [usu.sing] the process of giving birth to a baby 分娩 ·
She went into labour in the early hours of this morning.今天凌晨她开始阵痛,要分娩了。 She was in labour for ten hours.她分娩阵痛了十个小时。
labour²
/ˈleɪbə(r) ||; ˈlebɚ/
(US 美 labor) verb [I]
1labour (away) to work hard at sth 努力工作:
She laboured on her book for two years.她这本书花去了两年的心血。
2 to move or do sth with difficulty and effort 吃力地移动或做