| [/sɪk; sɪk/] adj (-er, -est) 用法:
1 physically or mentally unwell; ill （身体或精神）不适; 患病的:
a sick person, animal, plant 患病的人、 动物、 植物 *
She has been sick for weeks. 她已病了好几个星期了. *
He's off (work) sick. 他因病而未上班. 用法:
2 [usu pred 通常作表语] likely to vomit; nauseous 作呕; 恶心:
feeling sick 觉得恶心 *
a sick feeling in the stomach 胃里恶心的感觉 *
You'll make yourself sick if you eat all those sweets. 要是你把这些糖都吃下去就要恶心. =>Usage 见所附用法. 用法:
3 [pred 作表语] ~ of sb/sth/doing sth (infml) bored with sb/sth; not liking sb/sth through having had too much of him/it 厌倦或腻烦某人[某事物]:
I'm sick of waiting around like this. 我腻烦像这样在一旁等著. *
She has had the same job for years and is heartily sick of it. 她做这一工作已多年, 因此从心底里感到厌烦. *
Get out! I'm sick of the sight of you! 滚出去! 一见到你我就觉得讨厌! 用法:
4 [pred 作表语] ~ (at/about sth/doing sth) distressed or disgusted 苦恼; 憎恶:
We were pretty sick about losing the match. 我们比赛输了感到很恼火. 用法:
5 (infml) cruel, morbid or perverted; offensive 残酷的; 病态的; 反常的; 讨厌的:
a sick joke, mind 可怖的笑话、 病态的心理 *
sick humour 残酷的幽默 *
She made a sick remark about dead babies. 关於那些死的婴儿, 她说了些令人反感的话. 用法:
6 (idm 习语) be `sick throw up food from the stomach; vomit 呕吐:
The cat's been sick on the carpet. 猫在地毯上吐了. eat oneself sick =>eat. fall sick (with sth); (fml 文) take `sick become ill 生病:
He fell sick with malaria on a trip to Africa. 他在去非洲时患了疟疾. laugh oneself silly/sick =>laugh. make sb `sick outrage or disgust sb 使某人愤慨或厌恶:
His hypocrisy makes me sick. 我很讨厌他那麽虚伪. *
It makes me sick to see her being treated so badly. 我看到她受到这样虐待非常愤怒. on the `sick-list (infml) sick and absent from work, duty, etc 因病缺勤或缺席:
She's not at her desk today:
she's on the sick-list. 她今天没上班:
因病缺勤. (as) sick as a parrot (Brit joc catchphrase 谑, 警语) disgusted 憎恶的. sick at `heart (fml 文) full of disappointment, fear or grief; unhappy 极为失望、 恐惧或悲伤; 感到不快:
She left her home reluctantly and sick at heart. 她依依不舍地离开了家, 心情很沉重. sick to death of/sick and tired of sb/sth (infml) wearied, bored or annoyed by sb/sth; fed up with sb/sth （因某人[某事物]）厌倦, 厌恶; 厌烦某人[某事物]:
sick to death of eating boiled cabbage with every meal 顿顿都吃煮洋白菜, 腻死了 *
I'm sick and tired of your constant complaints. 我厌烦你没完没了的抱怨. sick to one's `stomach (US) outraged or disgusted 愤慨的; 厌恶的. sick 2
n 用法:
1 [U] (infml) vomit 呕吐物:
The basin was full of sick. 盆里全是吐的东西. 用法:
2 the sick [pl v] people who are ill 病人; 患者:
all the sick and wounded 所有的病人和伤者 *
visit the sick in hospital 看望住院的病人. sick 3
v (phr v) sick sth up (infml) throw (food) up from the stomach; vomit sth 吐出（食物）; 呕吐某物:
The baby sicked up a little milk. 婴儿吐出了一点奶. sick 4
NOTE ON USAGE 用法: 用法:
1 (Be) sick in informal British English means `bring food up from the stomach' (US vomit) 在英式英语的口语中, (be) sick意为｀呕吐＇（美式英语中用vomit）:
Johnny's been sick again should we call the doctor? 约翰尼又吐了--我们应该请医生来吗? *
Do you get seasick/airsick? 你晕船[晕机]吗? *
I feel sick I think it was that fish I ate. 我很恶心--大概是吃那鱼的缘故. Sick in British English is used only before a noun when it means `ill' 在英式英语中, sick只有用在名词前时才作ill解:
a sick child 患病的孩子 *
He's looking after his sick mother. 他正在看护生病的母亲. 用法:
2 Sick in US English and ill in British English mean `not well' or `in bad health', usually as a result of a disease 美式英语中的sick和英式英语中的ill均指｀不适＇或｀身体不好＇, 通常指因疾病引起的:
I've been too sick/ill to go to work for the last few months. 我近几个月身体不好没上班. 用法:
3 Poorly (informal British English) means `ill'. *poorly（在英式英语的口语中）意为ill. *It is often used of or by children 这个词常用於儿童或是儿童经常使用:
My daughter's a bit poorly today, so she didn't go to school. 我女儿今天有点不舒服, 所以她没去上学.
-sick
(forming compound adjs 用以构成复合形容词) feeling sick(2) as a result of travelling on a ship, plane, etc 晕船、 晕飞机等:
`seasick *
`airsick *
`travel-sick *
`carsick. |