moil

英 [mɒɪl] 美
  • n. 辛苦;混乱,骚动
  • vi. 忙碌工作,辛苦工作
近义词 slave labor

英英释义


1. work hard;
"She was digging away at her math homework"
"Lexicographers drudge all day long"
2. be agitated;
"the sea was churning in the storm"
3. moisten or soil;
"Her tears moiled the letter"

实用场景例句


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

辞典例句

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.

来自辞典例句

英文词源


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.).

词态变化


第三人称单数: moils;过去式: moiled;过去分词: moiled;现在分词: moiling;