toilsome

英语

其他形式

• toylesome (棄用)

词源

源自toil +‎ -some。

发音

• (英國) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈtɔɪlsəm/

形容词

toilsome (比較級 more toilsome，最高級 most toilsome)

1. 劳累的，费事的
   • 1596，埃德蒙·斯宾塞，“Book V, Canto X”, in 仙后（The Faerie Qveene . […]），London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     ‘And you, Sir knight,’ / (Said she) ‘that taken have this toylesome paine / For wretched woman […]!’

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   • 1940 July，“Notes and News: Timetables in South Africa”, in Railway Magazine，頁 422:

     The whole of the interior of South Africa is, of course, one vast plateau at a considerable elevation, and all the main lines coming up from the coast have some toilsome climbing.

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衍生词汇

• toilsomely
• toilsomeness
• untoilsome