sickie

Word family verbsickennounsickenersickeningsickiesickishnesssicklinesssicknesssickosickbedsick building syndromesick leavesick notesicknursesicknursingsick-outsickroomadverbsickeninglysickishlysicklilyadjectivesickishsickliedsicklysick

sick·ie /ˈsɪki/ noun [countableC] informal

1 BILL British EnglishBrE a day when you say that you are sick and do not go to work, even though you are not really sick 托病休息的一天

Looks like he’s thrown another sickie (=pretended to be sick and not gone to work).

看来他又装病请假了。

2. American EnglishAmE a sicko – used humorously 有精神病的人，心理变态的人〔幽默用法〕

Examples from the Corpus

sickie• She was not a loser, like Nina, or a sickie, like Amelia.

From Longman Business Dictionary

sickiesick·ie /ˈsɪki/ noun [countableC] informal

throw a sickie British EnglishBrE, pull a sickie American EnglishAmE when you say that you are ill and do not go to work, even though you are not really ill

He was so fed up that he decided to throw a sickie instead of going into the office.

单词	sickie
释义	sickie Word family verbsickennounsickenersickeningsickiesickishnesssicklinesssicknesssickosickbedsick building syndromesick leavesick notesicknursesicknursingsick-outsickroomadverbsickeninglysickishlysicklilyadjectivesickishsickliedsicklysick sick·ie /ˈsɪki/ noun [countableC] informal 1 BILL British EnglishBrE a day when you say that you are sick and do not go to work, even though you are not really sick 托病休息的一天 Looks like he’s thrown another sickie (=pretended to be sick and not gone to work). 看来他又装病请假了。 2. American EnglishAmE a sicko – used humorously 有精神病的人，心理变态的人〔幽默用法〕 Examples from the Corpus sickie• She was not a loser, like Nina, or a sickie, like Amelia. From Longman Business Dictionary sickiesick·ie /ˈsɪki/ noun [countableC] informal throw a sickie British EnglishBrE, pull a sickie American EnglishAmE when you say that you are ill and do not go to work, even though you are not really ill He was so fed up that he decided to throw a sickie instead of going into the office.
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