travail

• Существительное, обозначающее мучительное или изнурительное усилие, часто связанное с тяжёлой работой или физическим напряжением при родах.

A noun referring to painful or laborious effort, often associated with hard work or the physical exertion of childbirth.

1. Labor and childbirthC1formalmedical

   The process of giving birth, from the beginning of contractions until the delivery of the baby.

   Родовые муки

   • She endured many hours of travail before her daughter was born.
   • The midwife monitored the mother's progress through her travail.
   • Modern medicine has made the travails of childbirth safer.

   Synonymsaccouchementchildbirthdeliverylaborparturition

2. Hard work or effortC1formal

   Intense physical or mental exertion; difficult and tiring work.

   Тяжёлый труд

   • The construction of the cathedral was a monumental travail.
   • After years of travail, the scientist finally made a breakthrough.
   • He wrote his masterpiece after a long period of creative travail.

   Synonymsdrudgeryeffortexertiongrindlaborslogtoilwork

   Antonymseaseleisurerelaxationreposerest

• Устаревший или литературный глагол, означающий усердно работать, трудиться или страдать, часто ассоциирующийся с изнурительным трудом или муками родов.

An archaic or literary verb meaning to work hard, toil, or suffer, often associated with laborious effort or the pains of childbirth.

1. Work HardC2formal

   To engage in strenuous physical or mental effort; to toil or labor intensely.

   Усердно работать

   • The workers travailed in the fields from dawn until dusk.
   • She travailed over the manuscript for years before it was published.
   • He travailed to build a new life for his family in a foreign land.

   Synonymsdrudgegrindlaborlabourmoilplodslogstrivesweattoil

   Antonymsidlelazeloafrelaxrest