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adverb sɪksɪk Used in brackets after a copied or quoted word that appears odd or erroneous to show that the word is quoted exactly as it stands in the original, as in a story must hold a child's interest and ‘enrich his (sic) life’. 原文如此(用在括号中,表示所抄录或引用的话虽然有疑问或错误,但是原文)
OriginLatin, literally 'so, thus'. Rhymesartic, brick, chick, click, crick, flick, hand-pick, hic, hick, kick, lick, mick, miskick, nick, pic, pick, quick, rick, shtick, sick, slick, snick, stick, thick, tic, tick, trick, Vic, wick verbsicked, sicking, sicssɪksɪk adverbsɪksik Used in brackets after a copied or quoted word that appears odd or erroneous to show that the word is quoted exactly as it stands in the original, as in a story must hold a child's interest and “enrich his [sic] life.”. 原文如此(用在括号中,表示所抄录或引用的话虽然有疑问或错误,但是原文)
OriginLatin, literally ‘so, thus’. verbsɪksik [with object]sic something on1Set a dog or other animal on (someone) the plan was to surprise the heck out of the grizzly by sicking the dog on him Example sentencesExamples - You know, my agent called me up and said, ‘There's a show they're going to sic dogs on people.’
- 1.1sic someone oninformal Set someone to pursue, keep watch on, or accompany (another).
Example sentencesExamples - ‘You say one more word Jane and I'll sic Katrina on you,’ Rafe snarled murderously.
- Leah was jealous of how good you were for a beginner, and decided to sic Kat on you.
- If it becomes too terrible I'll sic you on Marvolo, you'd like that, right?
- ‘I swear, I'll never sic Bergman on you again,’ said Ben, between fits of laughter, and me pummelling him with a cushion.
- It will be interesting to see whom Billy Donovan chooses to sic Brewer on, but whoever it is probably won't have too comfortable a night.
- As usual, I had to sic Timothy on her to get her to tell us anything, much less support her position.
- ‘We should sic Chad on her for not liking Lizzie,’ Mark grinned.
- But,’ he added, ‘if you keep calling me all these fruity nicknames, I'm going to sic Luci on you.’
- How could this be the same politician who a decade later would sic James Watt on the nation's wilderness and prairies?
OriginMid 19th century: dialect variant of seek. |