sick

英 [sɪk]

美 [sɪk]

adj.  (身体或精神)生病的，有病的; 想呕吐; 恶心; 晕船; 晕机; 晕车
n.  呕吐物; 病人
v.  使狗去咬; 呕吐; 追击

比较级：sicker　最高级：sickest　第三人称单数：sicks　

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同义词辨析

illpoorlysick【导航词义：有病的】

短语用例

sick sth↔up

• 吐出
  to bring sth up from the stomach back out through your mouth

习惯用语

adj.

be sick
• 呕吐
  to bring food from your stomach back out through your mouth
• I was sick three times in the night.
  夜里我吐了三次。
• She had been violently sick .
  她一直吐得很厉害。
be worried sick; be sick with worry
• 极度担心；担心得要命
  to be extremely worried
• Where have you been? I've been worried sick about you.
  你上哪儿去了？把我急死了。
fall sick
• 患病；生病
  to become ill/sick
make sb sick
• 使厌恶；使反感
  to make sb angry or disgusted
• His hypocrisy makes me sick.
  他的虚伪让我恶心。
(as) sick as a dog
• 病得很重；呕吐得厉害
  feeling very ill/sick; vomiting a lot
(as) sick as a parrot
• 大失所望
  very disappointed
sick at heart
• 十分不快；非常失望
  very unhappy or disappointed
sick to your stomach
• 非常生气；非常着急
  feeling very angry or worried
• 非常生气；非常着急
  feeling very angry or worried

牛津词典

adj.

患病 ill
• （身体或精神）生病的，有病的
  physically or mentally ill
  1. a sick child
     生病的孩子
  2. Her mother's very sick.
     她母亲病得很厉害。
  3. Peter has been off sick (= away from work because he is ill) for two weeks.
     彼得因病两周没上班了。
  4. Emma has just called in sick (= telephoned to say she will not be coming to work because she is ill) .
     埃玛刚才打电话来请病假了。
  5. Britain's workers went sick (= did not go to work because they were ill) for a record number of days last year.
     去年英国工人的病假天数创下了纪录。
  6. I can't afford to get sick (= become ill) .
     我病不起。
想呕吐 wanting to vomit
• 想呕吐；恶心
  feeling that you want to vomit
  1. Mum, I feel sick !
     妈，我想吐！
  2. If you eat any more cake you'll make yourself sick .
     你要是再吃蛋糕，就该吐了。
  3. a sick feeling in your stomach
     胃里恶心的感觉
不适 -sick
• 晕船；晕机；晕车
  feeling sick as a result of travelling on a ship, plane, etc.
  1. seasick
     晕船
  2. airsick
     晕机
  3. carsick
     晕车
  4. travel-sick
     旅行晕眩的
厌倦 bored
• （对…）厌倦的，厌烦的，厌恶的
  bored with or annoyed about sth that has been happening for a long time, and wanting it to stop
  1. I'm sick of the way you've treated me.
     你对待我的那一套我都厌倦了。
  2. We're sick of waiting around like this.
     这么等来等去，我们感到很腻味。
  3. I'm sick and tired of your moaning.
     你的牢骚我都听腻了。
  4. I'm sick to death of all of you!
     你们全都烦死人了！
残酷；古怪 cruel/strange
• 令人毛骨悚然的；可怕的；残酷的
  dealing with suffering, disease or death in a cruel way that some people think is offensive
  1. a sick joke
     令人毛骨悚然的笑话
  2. That's really sick.
     那真够吓人的。
• 变态的；病态的
  getting enjoyment from doing strange or cruel things
  1. a sick mind
     变态的心理
  2. People think I'm sick for having a rat as a pet.
     人们认为我养只耗子当宠物是变态。
  3. We live in a sick society.
     我们生活在一个病态的社会里。

noun

呕吐 vomit
• 呕吐物
  food that you bring back up from your stomach through your mouth
病人 ill people
• 病人
  people who are ill/sick
  1. All the sick and wounded were evacuated.
     所有伤病人员都给撤离了。

verb

verb

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (常指在生理上，有时也指在精神上)生病的，有病的
  If you aresick, you are ill.Sickusually means physically ill, but it can sometimes be used to mean mentally ill.
  1. He's very sick. He needs medication...
     他病得很厉害，需要药物治疗。
  2. She found herself with two small children, a sick husband, and no money...
     她发觉自己有两个年幼的孩子和一个有病在身的丈夫，却没钱养活他们。
  3. He was not evil, but he was sick.
     他人并不坏，但精神有问题。
  4. The sickare people who are sick.
     病人
  5. There were no doctors to treat the sick.
     没有医生为病人医治。
• ADJ-GRADED 呕吐的;恶心的;想吐的
  If you aresick, the food that you have eaten comes up from your stomach and out of your mouth. If youfeel sick, you feel as if you are going to be sick.
  1. She got up and was sick in the handbasin...
     她起身在洗手池里吐了起来。
  2. The very thought of food made him feel sick...
     一想到食物他就恶心。
  3. Orange juice makes him sick so don't give it to him.
     橙汁会让他恶心，别让他喝橙汁。
• 呕吐物
  Sickis vomit.
• ADJ-GRADED 厌倦的;厌烦的;厌恶的
  If you say that you aresick ofsomething orsick and tired ofit, you are emphasizing that you are very annoyed by it and want it to stop.
  1. I am sick and tired of hearing all these people moaning...
     我厌倦了听这些人大发牢骚。
  2. Most people here are sick of violence.
     这儿的大多数人都厌恶暴力。
• ADJ-GRADED (笑话、故事等)令人毛骨悚然的，病态的，不健康的
  If you describe something such as a joke or story assick, you mean that it deals with death or suffering in an unpleasantly humorous way.
  1. ...a sick joke about a cat...
     关于猫的一则令人毛骨悚然的笑话
  2. That's really sick.
     那真够吓人的。

The wordsillandsickare very similar in meaning, but are used in slightly different ways.Illis generally not used before a noun, and can be used in verbal expressions such asfall illandbe taken ill.He fell ill shortly before Christmas... One of the jury members was taken ill.Sickis often used before a noun....sick children.In British English,illis a slightly more polite, less direct word thansick.Sickoften suggests the actual physical feeling of being ill, for example nausea or vomiting.I spent the next 24 hours in bed, groaning and being sick.In American English,sickis often used where British people would sayill.Some people get hurt in accidents or get sick.
ill 与 sick 意思相近，用法稍有差别。ill 通常不用在名词前，而用在动词词组中，如 fall ill (病倒)，be taken ill (生病)：He fell ill shortly before Christmas（临近圣诞节时他病倒了), One of the jury members was taken ill (一名陪审团成员病了)。sick 常用在名词前：sick children (生病的孩子)。英国英语中，ill 较 sick 稍显委婉。sick 常指生病时身体的实际感觉，例如感到恶心或呕吐：I spent the next 24 hours in bed, groaning and being sick (接下来的 24 小时我都躺在床上，呻吟着，感到一阵阵恶心)。英国人用ill的场合美国英语往往用sick：Some people get hurt in accidents or get sick (有些人在事故中受伤，或者患了病）。

• PHRASE 使气愤;使厌恶;使反感
  If you say that something or someonemakesyousick, you mean that they make you feel angry or disgusted.
  1. It makes me sick that people commit offences and never get punished...
     一些人屡屡犯罪却从未受到惩戒，这真让我气愤。
  2. The British press makes me sick.
     英国新闻界让我很反感。
• PHRASE 因病缺勤
  If you areoff sick, you are not at work because you are ill.
  1. When we are off sick, we only receive half pay.
     我们请病假的时候只能拿一半薪水。
• PHRASE 十分担心;担心得要命
  If you say that you areworried sick, you are emphasizing that you are extremely worried.
  1. He was worried sick about what our mothers would say.
     对于我们双方的母亲会说什么他十分担心。

英英释义

noun

• people who are sick
  1. they devote their lives to caring for the sick

verb

• eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
  1. After drinking too much, the students vomited
  2. He purged continuously
  3. The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
  Synonym:vomitvomit uppurgecastcatbe sickdisgorgeregorgeretchpukebarfspewspuechuckupchuckhonkregurgitatethrow up

adj

• shockingly repellent
  1. ghastly wounds
  2. the grim aftermath of the bombing
  3. the grim task of burying the victims
  4. a grisly murder
  5. gruesome evidence of human sacrifice
  6. macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages
  7. macabre tortures conceived by madmen
  Synonym:ghastlygrimgrislygruesomemacabre
• deeply affected by a strong feeling
  1. sat completely still, sick with envy
  2. she was sick with longing
• affected with madness or insanity
  1. a man who had gone mad
  Synonym:brainsickcrazydementeddisturbedmadunbalancedunhinged
• (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness
  1. the pale light of a half moon
  2. a pale sun
  3. the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street
  4. a pallid sky
  5. the pale (or wan) stars
  6. the wan light of dawn
  Synonym:palepallidwan
• affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
  1. ill from the monotony of his suffering
  Synonym:ill
• feeling nausea
  Synonym:nauseatednauseousqueasysickish

双语例句

• I'm sick of reading headlines involving the Kennedys in sex scandals.
  关于肯尼迪家族性丑闻的新闻标题都让我读得腻烦了。
• To eat putrid food is liable to get sick.
  吃了腐败的食物容易生病。
• Orange juice makes him sick so don't give it to him.
  橙汁会让他恶心，别让他喝橙汁。
• He was not evil, but he was sick.
  他人并不坏，但精神有问题。
• That's really sick.
  那真够吓人的。
• Most people here are sick of violence.
  这儿的大多数人都厌恶暴力。
• The British press makes me sick.
  英国新闻界让我很反感。
• He was worried sick about what our mothers would say.
  对于我们双方的母亲会说什么他十分担心。
• I am sick and tired of hearing all these people moaning
  我厌倦了听这些人大发牢骚。
• I have been on sick leave for seven months with depression.
  我因抑郁症休了7个月的病假。