English-Thai Dictionary

laborious

ADJ ที่ ใช้ แรงงาน มาก  ที่ ใช้ ความอุตสาหะ  difficult burdensome easy simple ti-chai-rang-ngan-mak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LABORIOUS

a.[L. laboriosus.] 1. Using exertion; employing labor; diligent in work or service; assiduous; used of persons; as a laborious husbandman or mechanic; a laborious minister or pastor.
2. Requiring labor; toilsome; tiresome; not easy; as laborious duties or services.
3. Requiring labor, exertion, perseverance or sacrifices.
Dost thou love watchings, abstinence or toil, laborious virtues all? Learn these from Cato.

 

LABORIOUSLY

adv. With labor, toil or difficulty.

 

LABORIOUSNESS

n. 1. The quality of being laborious, or attended with toil; toilsomeness; difficulty.
2. Diligence; assiduity.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LABORIOUS

La *bo "ri *ous, a. Etym: [L. laboriosus,fr. labor labor: cf. F.laborieux. ]

 

1. Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome. Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil, Laborious virtues all Learn these from Cato. Addison.

 

2. Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious mechanic. -- La *bo "ri *ous *ly, adv. -- La *bo "ri *ous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

laborious

la bo ri ous |ləˈbôrēəs ləˈbɔriəs | ▶adjective (esp. of a task, process, or journey ) requiring considerable effort and time: years of laborious training | the work is very slow and laborious. • (esp. of speech or writing style ) showing obvious signs of effort and lacking in fluency: his slow, laborious style. DERIVATIVES la bo ri ous ly adverb, la bo ri ous ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (also in the sense ‘industrious, assiduous ’): from Old French laborieux, from Latin laboriosus, from labor ‘labor. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

laborious

laborious |ləˈbɔːrɪəs | ▶adjective requiring considerable time and effort: years of laborious training | the work is very slow and laborious. • (of speech or writing style ) showing obvious signs of effort and lacking in fluency: she wrote in laborious, dictionary-assisted English. DERIVATIVES laboriously adverb, laboriousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (also in the sense ‘industrious, assiduous ’): from Old French laborieux, from Latin laboriosus, from labor ‘labour ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

laborious

laborious adjective 1 a laborious job: arduous, hard, heavy, difficult, strenuous, grueling, punishing, exacting, tough, onerous, burdensome, back-breaking, labor-intensive, trying, challenging; tiring, fatiguing, exhausting, wearying, wearing, taxing, demanding, wearisome, tedious, boring, time-consuming; archaic toilsome. ANTONYMS easy. 2 Doug's laborious writing style: labored, strained, forced, contrived, affected, stiff, stilted, unnatural, artificial, overwrought, heavy, ponderous, convoluted. ANTONYMS natural, effortless.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

laborious

laborious adjective 1 tunnelling was a laborious and dangerous job: arduous, hard, heavy, difficult, strenuous, gruelling, murderous, punishing, exacting, tough, formidable, onerous, burdensome, back-breaking, trying, uphill, relentless, stiff, challenging, Herculean; tiring, fatiguing, exhausting, wearying, wearing, taxing, enervating, demanding, wearisome; tedious, boring, irksome; Brit. informal knackering; archaic toilsome; rare exigent. ANTONYMS easy, simple. 2 Doug's slow laborious style: laboured, strained, forced, contrived, affected, studied, stiff, stilted, unnatural, artificial, overdone, overwrought, heavy, ponderous, convoluted, not fluent, elaborate, over-elaborate, intricate, ornate, prolix. ANTONYMS effortless, natural.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

laborious

la bo ri ous /ləbɔ́ːriəs / (! 強勢は第2音節 ) →labor 形容詞 more ～; most ～｟かたく ｠1 〈作業工程などが 〉手間のかかる , 面倒な ; 努力を要する ; 〈動作が 〉大変な ▸ a laborious process 面倒な手順 .2 時間と労力を要した , 苦心した (跡の見える ); 〈文体などが 〉凝りすぎた , ぎこちない .3 勤勉な (!hardworkingの方が普通 ) .～ness 名詞

 

laboriously

la b ó ri ous ly 副詞 〖文中で 〗苦心して, 手間をかけて 〈作る 書くなど 〉; つらそうに 〈体を動かすなど 〉.