noun [U] 1 work that is done by slaves; the slaves who do the work 奴隶劳动；干苦役的奴隶: Huge palaces were built by slave labour. 宏伟的宫殿是奴隶建造的。
2 (informal 非正式) work that is very hard and very badly paid 繁重而报酬很低的工作: I left because the job was just slave labour. 我之所以离开是因为那工作简直就是奴隶干的。