moil是什么意思

moil

英 [mɒɪl]***美

n. 辛苦；混乱，骚动
vi. 忙碌工作，辛苦工作

中文词源

moil (v.): "to labour in the mire" [Johnson], c. 1400, from Old French moillier "to wet, moisten" (12c., Modern French mouiller), from Vulgar Latin *molliare, from Latin mollis "soft," from PIE *mel- "soft" (see mild). Related: Moiled; moiling.
moil (n.): "toil, labor," 1612, from moil (v.).

双语例句

1. I shall have to toil and moil all my days.: 我必须一年到头拼命地干.

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