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。
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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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：
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。