Engelsk substantiv: travail | |||
1. | travail (om tilstand) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | She was in labor for six hours. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | childbed, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | birth, birthing, giving birth, parturition | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | premature labor, premature labour | ||
Omfatter disse spesifikke uttrykk | asynclitism, effacement, obliquity, uterine contraction | ||
Omfatter disse overordnede uttrykkene | gestation, maternity, pregnancy | ||
2. | travail (om handling) use of physical or mental energy; hard work | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He got an A for effort. They managed only with great exertion. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | labor, labour, toil | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | application, detrition, difficulty, diligence, exercise, exercising, friction, least effort, least resistance, overexertion, overkill, physical exercise, physical exertion, pull, rubbing, strain, straining, struggle, supererogation, trouble, workout | ||
Engelsk verb: travail | |||
1. | travail (om adferd) work hard | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | She was digging away at her math homework. Lexicographers drudge all day long. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | do work, work | ||