sickness

sickness读音音标

英 [ˈsɪknəs]

美 [ˈsɪknɪs]

sickness意思解释

n.

疾病；

恶心；

呕吐；

弊病

变形

复数：sicknesses

英英释义

sickness

[ \'siknis ]

n.

impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

同义词：illnessunwellnessmalady

defectiveness or unsoundness

\"drugs have become a sickness they cannot cure\"; \"a great sickness of his judgment\"

the state that precedes vomiting

同义词：nausea

词组短语

motion sickness

[医]晕动病（指晕船、晕车、晕飞机）

morning sickness

孕妇晨吐；孕妇怀孕初期的反应

sleeping sickness

[医]昏睡症；昏睡病

altitude sickness

高空病

radiation sickness

辐射病

mountain sickness

高山病

falling sickness

n. 癫痫；（家畜的）癫痫发作

decompression sickness

[医]减压病

同近义词辨析

illness, sickness, disease, complaint

这组词都有“疾病”的意思，其区别是：

illness

不具体指，而是泛指一切疾病，强调生病的时间或状语，语体较sickness正式一些。

sickness

较口语化，可与illness换用，但还可表示“恶心”。

disease

指具体的疾病，且通常较严重，发病时间也较长。

complaint

现代英语中，既可指症状，也可指疾病。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)Chicken pox is a common childhood sickness.水痘是一种常见的儿童期疾病。The holy man healed them of their sickness.那位神职人员治好了他们的疾病。The boy didn\'t take the exam under the pretence of sickness.那个男孩借口生病没有参加考试。Sickness often results from eating too much.呕吐常因饮食过量所致。The symptoms of this disease are fever and sickness.这种病的症状是发烧与呕吐。