sick
adj
(-er, -est)
1 physically or mentally unwell; ill (身體或精神)不適; 患病的
a sick person, animal, plant 患病的人、 動物、 植物
She has been sick for weeks. 她已病了好幾個星期了.
He's off (work) sick. 他因病而未上班.
2 [usu pred 通常作表語]
likely to vomit; nauseous 作嘔; 惡心: feeling sick 覺得惡心
a sick feeling in the stomach 胃里惡心的感覺
You'll make yourself sick if you eat all those sweets. 要是你把這些糖都吃下去就要惡心. =>Usage 見所附用法.
3 [pred 作表語]
~ of sb/sth/doing sth (infml 口) bored with sb/sth; not liking sb/sth through having had too much of him/it 厭倦或膩煩某人[某事物]
I'm sick of waiting around like this. 我膩煩像這樣在一旁等著.
She has had the same job for years and is heartily sick of it. 她做這一工作已多年, 因此從心底里感到厭煩.
Get out! I'm sick of the sight of you! 滾出去! 一見到你我就覺得討厭!
4 [pred 作表語]
~ (at/about sth/doing sth) distressed or disgusted 苦惱; 憎惡
We were pretty sick about losing the match. 我們比賽輸了感到很惱火.
5 (infml 口) cruel, morbid or perverted; offensive 殘酷的; 病態的; 反常的; 討厭的
a sick joke, mind 可怖的笑話、 病態的心理
sick humour 殘酷的幽默
She made a sick remark about dead babies. 關於那些死的嬰兒, 她說了些令人反感的話.
6 (idm 習語) be `sick throw up food from the stomach; vomit 嘔吐
The cat's been sick on the carpet. 貓在地毯上吐了. 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. 他在去非洲時患了瘧疾. laugh oneself silly/sick =>laugh. make sb `sick outrage or disgust sb 使某人憤慨或厭惡
His hypocrisy makes me sick. 我很討厭他那麼虛偽.
It makes me sick to see her being treated so badly. 我看到她受到這樣虐待非常憤怒. on the `sick-list (infml 口) 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. 她今天沒上班
因病缺勤. (as) sick as a parrot (Brit joc catchphrase 謔, 警語) disgusted 憎惡的. sick at `heart (fml 文) full of disappointment, fear or grief; unhappy 極為失望、 恐懼或悲傷; 感到不快
She left her home reluctantly and sick at heart. 她依依不舍地離開了家, 心情很沉重. sick to death of/sick and tired of sb/sth (infml 口) wearied, bored or annoyed by sb/sth; fed up with sb/sth (因某人[某事物])厭倦, 厭惡; 厭煩某人[某事物]
sick to death of eating boiled cabbage with every meal 頓頓都吃煮洋白菜, 膩死了
I'm sick and tired of your constant complaints. 我厭煩你沒完沒了的抱怨. sick to one's `stomach (US) outraged or disgusted 憤慨的; 厭惡的. sick, n
1 [U] (infml 口) vomit 嘔吐物
The basin was full of sick. 盆里全是吐的東西.
2 the sick [pl v]
people who are ill 病人; 患者
all the sick and wounded 所有的病人和傷者
visit the sick in hospital 看望住院的病人. sick, v (phr v) sick sth up (infml 口) throw (food) up from the stomach; vomit sth 吐出(食物); 嘔吐某物
The baby sicked up a little milk. 嬰兒吐出了一點奶. sick, NOTE ON USAGE 用法:
1 (Be) sick in informal British English means `bring food up from the stomach' (US vomit) 在英式英語的口語中, (be) sick意為`嘔吐'(美式英語中用vomit)
Johnny's been sick again should we call the doctor? 約翰尼又吐了--我們應該請醫生來嗎?
Do you get seasick/airsick? 你暈船[暈機]嗎?
I feel sick I think it was that fish I ate. 我很惡心--大概是吃那魚的緣故. Sick in British English is used only before a noun when ...
?? 擴展釋義
*[sik]n. 病人a. 不舒服, 有病的, 惡心的, 厭惡的, 渴望的, 病態的vt. 嘔吐, 追擊, 使(狗)去攻擊【醫】 不舒服的, 患病的; 惡心的相關詞組: be sick at heart be sick in the car be sick with fall sick go sick sick as a dog sick to death of sick unto death take sick be on the sick list feel sick be sick be sick at