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单词 sickness
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Definition of sickness in English:

sickness

noun ˈsɪknəsˈsɪknəs
mass noun
  • 1The state of being ill.

    生病,患病

    she was absent through sickness

    她因病缺席。

    as modifier a sickness allowance

    生病补助。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He had made a vow to his wife, in sickness and in health.
    • It used to be known as altitude sickness or tropical sickness, but it seems to be more and more prevalent.
    • We are all being encouraged to make private provision for education, unemployment, sickness, health and retirement.
    • John looked deep into Anne's eyes as he promised to remain true through sickness and health.
    • Whether in sickness or in health, weakness or strength, every one is of infinite value before God and must be treated as such.
    • They might get signs of sickness like headache, dizziness, faintness, weakness or a choking feeling.
    • Undoubtedly, new genetics are set to enrich our knowledge of human behavior in sickness and in health.
    • Just what does for better or for worse, in sickness and in health mean anyway?
    • There are the usual migraine symptoms - headache, sickness, sensitivity to light, but there are no aura symptoms.
    • Sixty-one years ago, they promised to love each other in sickness and health.
    • They paid out sums to meet losses of earnings and health care expenses arising from sickness or injury at work.
    • Mine. I promised to care for her, in sickness and in health, and she promised not to die again without ample warning.
    • For doctors, the noises made by the body the heart, breath, and bowel sounds are clues to its health or sickness.
    • So football imitates life and the healthiest managerial marriages are those that stick together in sickness and in health, for richer, for poorer.
    • People who can control their own diabetes save themselves a great deal of sickness.
    • Her special interests include the role of the spiritual dimension in all kinds of healing, and the body-mind link in sickness and health.
    • Further it would have been possible to ensure that there was some cover when one of the jobsharers was on holiday or absent on account of sickness.
    • Pregnancy sickness, even severe sickness, is not associated with any harm to your baby.
    • You have a severe headache with fever, sickness and possibly a rash.
    • In sickness and in more sickness by the light of that wonderful bubble, the moon
    Synonyms
    illness, disease, disorder, ailment, complaint, affliction, infection, malady, infirmity, indisposition
    informal lurgy, bug, virus
    Australian informal wog
    1. 1.1often with adjective or noun modifier A particular type of illness or disease.
      某一特定疾病
      botulism causes fodder sickness of horses

      肉毒杆菌引起马的食物中毒。

      count noun a woman suffering an incurable sickness

      患了绝症的女子。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Antibiotics are strong medicines used to treat sicknesses called infections.
      • Viruses are responsible for some minor sicknesses like colds or chickenpox as well as extremely serious diseases like smallpox or HIV / AIDS.
      • Dressed up as HIV / AIDS, a variety of old sicknesses have been reclassified.
      • Aging has always been the cause of many sicknesses, including arthritis.
      • Between bearing children and enduring lingering sicknesses, Susanna was unable to do much to supplement his income.
      • In the mountains, lots of fluid helps your body adjust to changing altitudes and prevents associated sicknesses, headaches, and pulmonary edema.
      • Water-related diseases cause 80 percent of all the world's sicknesses, in the forms of hepatitis A, malaria, diarrhea, dysentery and schistosomiasis.
      • Europeans say use condoms, but there are sexual sicknesses that condoms cannot stop.
      • If soldiers use improper or worn clothing for even a short time, the chance of developing altitude and cold-related sicknesses increases significantly.
      • Nurses, doctors and management professionals are needed, particularly those with a background in foreign affairs, languages and tropical sicknesses.
      • When it came to injuries and minor sicknesses, I trusted him with my life.
      • The unit also deals with more mundane sicknesses, like cases of diarrhea.
      • And you find you can't eliminate all the pests in the world, nor can you eliminate the pests in your own body, like cancers and other sicknesses.
      • Is this a consequence of sicknesses like AIDS and/or moral/sexual repression?
      • Right here at home, ‘country’ people have a lot of bush remedies for various sicknesses.
      • The British Medical Journal said recently a poll of its readers had identified almost 200 conditions that are not real sicknesses.
      • During the conflict, frostbite, sun-burn, and other high-altitude sicknesses caused large numbers of casualties.
      • Many a time I found myself aghast at some of the personal details these writers exposed about their lives - drug use, fighting sicknesses such as Cancer or AIDS or their revelations of family issues or other domestic crises.
      • Farmers living in fumigated areas complain of myriad sicknesses, including skin problems and birth defects.
      • The demands for care that are reported are primarily visits to the doctor because of respiratory and digestive sicknesses and accidents.
  • 2The feeling or fact of being affected with nausea or vomiting.

    恶心;呕吐

    she felt a wave of sickness wash over her

    她感到全身一阵恶心。

    travel sickness

    旅行眩晕。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her problems started when young thirteen year old Ann was sent home from Clough House suffering sickness.
    • The fact that father's sickness was exacerbated if not caused by over-indulgence in Mekhong is neither here nor there.
    • With this regimen, he had diarrhoea and sickness, and the acute attacks of gout continued.
    • A knock to the head can cause symptoms such as loss of consciousness, light-headedness, dizziness, nausea, and sickness.
    • York District Hospital managers today appealed for visitors who have suffered sickness and diarrhoea to stay away from its grounds.
    • Now people who have suffered from diarrhoea or sickness within 48 hours of their intended visit to the hospital have been urged to stay away.
    • All the children were suffering from sickness, vomiting and twitching.
    • A wave of sickness washed over Aydah as he realized that what she was saying was absolutely true.
    • There may also be nausea, sickness or diarrhoea, and a feeling of exhaustion.
    • Lauren runs over to her mother and puts a hand to her mouth, hoping to stop the feeling of sickness that is washing over her.
    • Bites from snakes can also contain venom, causing the symptoms of diarrhoea and sickness.
    • The tot had been suffering from sickness and a cold and had been closely watched by his parents throughout the night.
    • They were very ill when they were born and suffered from sickness and diarrhoea.
    • Just as she closed the door she felt a wave of sickness wash over her.
    • She is in her eighties, and suffering from sickness and diarrhoea.
    • The arrested man vomited up blood, not drugs, and suffered diarrhoea and sickness for a week following this incident.
    • Tasting as bad as it looked it was hard to swallow and even then it hit his stomach hard washing waves of sickness through him.
    • There are also more immediate benefits such as prevention of nausea and sickness caused by iron overload.
    • Hepatitis A is a viral infection that causes fever, sickness, stomach pain, vomiting and eventually jaundice.
    • She said he had suffered sickness and diarrhoea the day before he died.
    Synonyms
    nausea, biliousness, queasiness
    vomiting, retching, gagging, upset stomach, stomach upset
    travel-sickness, seasickness, carsickness, airsickness, motion sickness, morning sickness, altitude sickness
    informal throwing up, puking
    rare qualms

Origin

Old English sēocnesse (see sick1, -ness).

Definition of sickness in US English:

sickness

nounˈsiknəsˈsɪknəs
  • 1The state of being ill.

    生病,患病

    she was absent through sickness

    她因病缺席。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He had made a vow to his wife, in sickness and in health.
    • Sixty-one years ago, they promised to love each other in sickness and health.
    • So football imitates life and the healthiest managerial marriages are those that stick together in sickness and in health, for richer, for poorer.
    • We are all being encouraged to make private provision for education, unemployment, sickness, health and retirement.
    • Just what does for better or for worse, in sickness and in health mean anyway?
    • Undoubtedly, new genetics are set to enrich our knowledge of human behavior in sickness and in health.
    • In sickness and in more sickness by the light of that wonderful bubble, the moon
    • It used to be known as altitude sickness or tropical sickness, but it seems to be more and more prevalent.
    • They paid out sums to meet losses of earnings and health care expenses arising from sickness or injury at work.
    • People who can control their own diabetes save themselves a great deal of sickness.
    • Whether in sickness or in health, weakness or strength, every one is of infinite value before God and must be treated as such.
    • They might get signs of sickness like headache, dizziness, faintness, weakness or a choking feeling.
    • There are the usual migraine symptoms - headache, sickness, sensitivity to light, but there are no aura symptoms.
    • Pregnancy sickness, even severe sickness, is not associated with any harm to your baby.
    • John looked deep into Anne's eyes as he promised to remain true through sickness and health.
    • Further it would have been possible to ensure that there was some cover when one of the jobsharers was on holiday or absent on account of sickness.
    • Mine. I promised to care for her, in sickness and in health, and she promised not to die again without ample warning.
    • For doctors, the noises made by the body the heart, breath, and bowel sounds are clues to its health or sickness.
    • You have a severe headache with fever, sickness and possibly a rash.
    • Her special interests include the role of the spiritual dimension in all kinds of healing, and the body-mind link in sickness and health.
    Synonyms
    illness, disease, disorder, ailment, complaint, affliction, infection, malady, infirmity, indisposition
    1. 1.1often with adjective or noun modifier A particular type of illness or disease.
      某一特定疾病
      botulism causes fodder sickness of horses

      肉毒杆菌引起马的食物中毒。

      a woman suffering an incurable sickness

      患了绝症的女子。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The demands for care that are reported are primarily visits to the doctor because of respiratory and digestive sicknesses and accidents.
      • Right here at home, ‘country’ people have a lot of bush remedies for various sicknesses.
      • Antibiotics are strong medicines used to treat sicknesses called infections.
      • Nurses, doctors and management professionals are needed, particularly those with a background in foreign affairs, languages and tropical sicknesses.
      • Water-related diseases cause 80 percent of all the world's sicknesses, in the forms of hepatitis A, malaria, diarrhea, dysentery and schistosomiasis.
      • Dressed up as HIV / AIDS, a variety of old sicknesses have been reclassified.
      • If soldiers use improper or worn clothing for even a short time, the chance of developing altitude and cold-related sicknesses increases significantly.
      • Between bearing children and enduring lingering sicknesses, Susanna was unable to do much to supplement his income.
      • Aging has always been the cause of many sicknesses, including arthritis.
      • Is this a consequence of sicknesses like AIDS and/or moral/sexual repression?
      • Viruses are responsible for some minor sicknesses like colds or chickenpox as well as extremely serious diseases like smallpox or HIV / AIDS.
      • Europeans say use condoms, but there are sexual sicknesses that condoms cannot stop.
      • The unit also deals with more mundane sicknesses, like cases of diarrhea.
      • When it came to injuries and minor sicknesses, I trusted him with my life.
      • In the mountains, lots of fluid helps your body adjust to changing altitudes and prevents associated sicknesses, headaches, and pulmonary edema.
      • Many a time I found myself aghast at some of the personal details these writers exposed about their lives - drug use, fighting sicknesses such as Cancer or AIDS or their revelations of family issues or other domestic crises.
      • Farmers living in fumigated areas complain of myriad sicknesses, including skin problems and birth defects.
      • During the conflict, frostbite, sun-burn, and other high-altitude sicknesses caused large numbers of casualties.
      • The British Medical Journal said recently a poll of its readers had identified almost 200 conditions that are not real sicknesses.
      • And you find you can't eliminate all the pests in the world, nor can you eliminate the pests in your own body, like cancers and other sicknesses.
  • 2The feeling or fact of being affected with nausea or vomiting.

    恶心;呕吐

    she felt a wave of sickness wash over her

    她感到全身一阵恶心。

    travel sickness

    旅行眩晕。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Now people who have suffered from diarrhoea or sickness within 48 hours of their intended visit to the hospital have been urged to stay away.
    • The arrested man vomited up blood, not drugs, and suffered diarrhoea and sickness for a week following this incident.
    • There may also be nausea, sickness or diarrhoea, and a feeling of exhaustion.
    • The tot had been suffering from sickness and a cold and had been closely watched by his parents throughout the night.
    • Her problems started when young thirteen year old Ann was sent home from Clough House suffering sickness.
    • Bites from snakes can also contain venom, causing the symptoms of diarrhoea and sickness.
    • A knock to the head can cause symptoms such as loss of consciousness, light-headedness, dizziness, nausea, and sickness.
    • All the children were suffering from sickness, vomiting and twitching.
    • She is in her eighties, and suffering from sickness and diarrhoea.
    • Hepatitis A is a viral infection that causes fever, sickness, stomach pain, vomiting and eventually jaundice.
    • York District Hospital managers today appealed for visitors who have suffered sickness and diarrhoea to stay away from its grounds.
    • There are also more immediate benefits such as prevention of nausea and sickness caused by iron overload.
    • She said he had suffered sickness and diarrhoea the day before he died.
    • A wave of sickness washed over Aydah as he realized that what she was saying was absolutely true.
    • The fact that father's sickness was exacerbated if not caused by over-indulgence in Mekhong is neither here nor there.
    • Lauren runs over to her mother and puts a hand to her mouth, hoping to stop the feeling of sickness that is washing over her.
    • Just as she closed the door she felt a wave of sickness wash over her.
    • Tasting as bad as it looked it was hard to swallow and even then it hit his stomach hard washing waves of sickness through him.
    • They were very ill when they were born and suffered from sickness and diarrhoea.
    • With this regimen, he had diarrhoea and sickness, and the acute attacks of gout continued.
    Synonyms
    nausea, biliousness, queasiness
    vomiting, retching, gagging, upset stomach, stomach upset

Origin

Old English sēocnesse (see sick, -ness).

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