laboured

laboured |ˈleɪbəd |(US labored ) ▶adjective done with great effort and difficulty: his breathing was laboured. • (especially of humour or a performance ) not spontaneous or fluent: one of Alan's laboured jokes.

laboured

laboured adjective 1 his harsh, laboured breathing: strained, difficult, forced, laborious, heavy, awkward. ANTONYMS easy. 2 a rather laboured joke: contrived, stiff, strained, stilted, forced, unnatural, artificial, mannered, studied, affected, overdone, overworked, heavy, ponderous, over-elaborate, over-embellished, long-winded, awkward, clumsy, inelegant, turgid, laborious, overwrought, not spontaneous, unconvincing, convoluted, complex, intricate, ornate, elaborate, prolix. ANTONYMS natural.

laboured

l á boured 形容詞 ｟英 ｠＝labored .