toil

US: /ˈtɔɪɫ/
UK: /tˈɔ‍ɪl/


English Vietnamese dictionary


toil /tɔil/
  • danh từ
    • công việc khó nhọc, công việc vất vả, công việc cực nhọc
    • nội động từ
      • làm việc khó nhọc, làm việc vất vả, làm việc cực nhọc
      • đi kéo lê, đi một cách mệt nhọc
        • to toil up a slope: leo lên dốc một cách mệt nhọc

    Advanced English dictionary


    verb, noun
    + verb [V] (formal)
    1 ~ (away) (at / over sth) to work very hard and/or for a long time: Hundreds of men toiled for years at building the pyramid. + She toils tirelessly for various charities.
    2 [+adv./prep.] to move slowly and with difficulty: They toiled up the hill in the blazing sun.
    toiler noun
    + noun [U] (formal or literary) hard unpleasant work that makes you very tired: a life of hardship and toil

    Collocation dictionary


    ADJ.

    hard | relentless, unceasing, unending, unremitting | daily | manual, physical | honest

    PHRASES

    hours, years, etc. of toil
    a lifetime of unremitting toil
    | sweat and toil
    a day of sweat and toil


    Concise English dictionary


    toils|toiled|toilingtɔɪl
    noun
    +productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
    verb
    +work hard