单词
moil
英 [mɒɪl]
美
基本信息
- n. 辛苦；混乱，骚动
- vi. 忙碌工作，辛苦工作
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;
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.).
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