文字和說話的吃力
把同一個畫面搬到語言上：句子也會「喘」。讀者感覺到的是背後那股力氣，不是文字本身。
adjective · B2
Used about writing, speech or a joke that clearly took a lot of effort and still does not work — it feels heavy, slow and not natural.
（文字、說話）生硬的
核心畫面
Laboured can be thought of as effort that has become visible. Something that ought to run smoothly is not running smoothly, and you can tell from the outside — you hear it, you see it, nobody has to explain it to you. Breathing is where the picture is clearest: each breath is work, and the rhythm is heavy. Move the same picture to , to an engine, or to a page of writing, and the word goes with it.
laboured 可以想成「用力的痕跡露出來了」：一件本來應該順順進行的事沒有順，而且從外面就看得出來、聽得出來，不…更多收起
laboured 可以想成「用力的痕跡露出來了」：一件本來應該順順進行的事沒有順，而且從外面就看得出來、聽得出來，不用誰解釋。呼吸是這個畫面最清楚的樣子——每一口氣都在用力，節奏是重的。把同一個畫面搬到腳步、機器聲、一頁文字上，這個字也跟著走過去。From the picture
Also in this word
adjective · B2
Used about breathing that is hard work — slow, heavy and taking visible effort, so you can hear that the person is struggling to get enough air.
（呼吸）吃力的
adjective · C1
Used about a movement, a sound or a machine that shows heavy effort — slow, straining and clearly not easy.
（動作、聲音）吃力的
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
labouredadj/ˈleɪ.bɚd/
- 1
Expressive of strenuous effort.
- At the end of the marathon, her laboured breathing told us she was exhausted.
- At Par, 150207 is the unit for the 1416 to Newquay. It is quite tatty and lacks tables - but does have plug sockets. It sounds laboured as it leaves, and while it sounds like it's struggling as it tackles Luxulyan, it's not losing time.
- 2
Of writing or speech or similar, stilted or not natural due to too much effort being used in the production.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。