sickness
n[U]
1 illness; ill health 疾病; 患病; 不健康
Is there much sickness in the village now? 這村莊現在患病的多嗎?
They were absent because of sickness. 他們因病缺席.
2 [U, C usu sing 作不可數名詞或可數名詞, 後者通常作單數]
particular type of illness or disease 病; 疾病
sleeping sickness 昏睡病
suffering from altitude sickness 患高空病
air-/sea-/travel-/car-sickness 暈機[暈船/暈(機、 船、 車等)/暈車]
a sickness common in the tropics 熱帶常見病.
3 [U] feeling that one is likely to vomit; vomiting 作嘔; 嘔吐
The sickness passed after I lay down for a while. 我躺下一會後就不惡心了.
The symptoms of this disease are fever and sickness. 這種病的癥狀是發燒與嘔吐.