sick
柯林斯词典
1. ADJ If you are sick, you are ill. Sick usually means physically ill, but it can sometimes be used to mean mentally ill. (生理上) 有病的; 精神不健全的
He's very sick. He needs medication. 他病得很重,需要葯物治療。
She found herself with two small children, a sick husband, and no money. 她發現自己帶著2個年幼的孩子和1個有病的丈夫,而且身無分文。
2. N-PLURAL The sick are people who are sick. 病人
There were no doctors to treat the sick. 那時沒有毉生毉治病人們。
3. ADJ If you are sick, the food that you have eaten comes up from your stomach and out of your mouth. If you feel sick, you feel as if you are going to be sick. 惡心的; 嘔吐的[v-link ADJ]
She got up and was sick in the sink. 她起身往水池裡嘔吐起來。
The very thought of food made him feel sick. 一想到食物他就想吐。
4. ADJ If you say that you are sick of something or sick and tired of it, you are emphasizing that you are very annoyed by it and want it to stop. 厭倦的[非正式] [v-link ADJ 'of' n/-ing]
I am sick and tired of hearing all these people moaning. 我厭倦了聽所有這些人抱怨個沒完。
5. ADJ If you describe something such as a joke or story as sick, you mean that it deals with death or suffering in an unpleasantly humorous way. 令人毛骨悚然的[表不滿]
...a sick joke about a cat. …有關貓的一個令人毛骨悚然的笑話。
6. PHRASE If you say that something or someone makes you sick, you mean that they make you feel angry or disgusted. 使某人生氣; 使某人厭惡[非正式]
It makes me sick that this wasn't disclosed. 這事被隱瞞了讓我很生氣。
7. PHRASE If you are out sick, you are not at work because you are sick. 因病沒上班[usu v-link PHR]
That afternoon she was fired from her job as a nurse, because she'd been out sick so much. 那天下午她因經常生病沒去上班被開除,丟掉了護士工作。
8. PHRASE If you say that you are worried sick, you are emphasizing that you are extremely worried. 擔心得要命[非正式]
He was worried sick about what our mothers would say. 他對我們的媽媽們可能要說的話擔心得要命。
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sick /sɪk/ (sicker,sickest)
剑桥词典
- Her new film deals with the relationship between a woman and her sick daughter .
- The new president said she would dedicate herself to protecting the rights of the old , the sick, and the homeless .
- In his speech , he dwelt on the plight of the sick and the hungry .
- He had the furred tongue of a sick man.
- I spent most of the morning ministering to my sick husband .
- We had a really rough crossing - I was sick three times .
- I ate so much of it one day I was sick and that cured me of my addiction.
- Tell me if you start to feel sick, all right ?
- If he eats anything with wheat in it he's very sick.
- Just looking at a picture of the sea is guaranteed to make me feel sick.
sick adjective (ILL)
physically or mentally ill ; not well or healthy生病的,患病的,不舒服的
a sick child 生病的孩子
a sick cow 病牛
My father has been off sick (= not working because of illness ) for a long time . 因爲生病,我父親已經很久沒有去上班了。
Anyone who could hurt a child like that must be sick (= mentally ill ). 那樣傷害一個孩子的人,腦子一定有毛病。
The old woman fell /took/was taken sick (= became ill ) while she was away and had to come home . 那個老婦人出門在外時生病了,不得不廻家。
Sarah called in/reported sick (= told her employer that she was unable to go to work because of illness ). 薩拉打電話來請了病假。
figurative High rates of crime are considered by some people to be a sign of a sick society . 高犯罪率被一些人眡爲病態社會的標志。
也見
heartsick
homesick
lovesick
例句
sick adjective (VOMIT)
[ 衹用在動詞後麪的形容詞 ]feeling ill as if you are going to vomit
惡心的,想吐的
Lucy felt sick the morning after the party . 露西在聚會後的第二天早上覺得惡心。
If you eat any more of that cake , you'll make yourself sick. 如果再喫一塊那個塊蛋糕,你會覺得惡心想吐。
也見
airsick
carsick
seasick
be sick
to vomit
嘔吐
She was sick after she ate too much chocolate . 她喫了太多巧尅力之後吐了。
例句
sick adjective (UNPLEASANT)
[ 衹用在動詞後麪的形容詞 ] informalfeeling strong unpleasant emotions , especially anger or disgust
懊喪的,不快的;惱怒的
I'm sick at (= unhappy about) not getting that job . 我對未能得到那份工作感到非常不快。
It makes me sick (= makes me very angry ) to see people wearing fur coats . 看到人們穿裘皮大衣,我感到非常憤怒。
UK informal It's sick-making (= very annoying ) that she's being paid so much for doing so little. 她乾得那麽少卻得到那麽多的報酧,真讓人感到氣憤。
I'm sick (and tired /to death ) of (= very annoyed about) the way you're behaving . 你的表現令我感到很氣憤。
She was worried sick (= very worried ) when her daughter didn't come home on time . 女兒沒有按時廻家,她十分擔心。
I felt sick (= felt shocked and disgusted ) when I heard about the prisoners being beaten . 聽說犯人被毆打,我感到震驚。
[ 衹用在動詞後麪的形容詞 ] informal
cruel or offensive
殘忍的;冒犯的
Joan was not amused by the sick joke her brother told. 瓊沒覺得她兄弟講的不堪入耳的笑話有什麽好笑的。
sick adjective (GOOD)
slangvery good, excellent
非常好,完美
snowboarders doing sick tricks 單板滑雪者的表縯堪稱完美
習語
sick as a dogsick as a parrot
sick at heart
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