sick
adjective/sɪk/
/sɪk/
Idioms - physically or mentally ill
（身体或精神）生病的，有病的 - a sick child
生病的孩子 - a sick relative/patient
生病的亲戚/病人 - Her mother's very sick.
她母亲病得很厉害。 - 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。 - Emma has just called in sick (= phoned 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。 - (British English) 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。 - (North American English) I can't afford to get sick (= become ill).
我病不起。 - They became sick after eating contaminated food.
他们吃了受污染的食物后病倒了。 - I have been sick in bed since you left.
自从你走后我就一直卧病在床。 - She was sick with the flu.
她得了流感。 - Many people were sick from diseases caused by pollution.
许多人因污染引起的疾病而患病。
Collocations IllnessesIllnessesBecoming ill- catch a cold/an infectious disease/the flu/(British English) flu/pneumonia/a virus/(informal) a bug
- get (British English) ill/(North American English) sick/a disease/AIDS/breast cancer/a cold/the flu/(British English) flu/a migraine
- come down with a cold/the flu/(British English) flu
- contract a deadly disease/a serious illness/HIV/AIDS
- be infected with a virus/a parasite/HIV
- develop cancer/diabetes/a rash/an ulcer/symptoms of hepatitis
- have a heart attack/a stroke
- provoke/trigger/produce an allergic reaction
- block/burst/rupture a blood vessel
- damage/sever a nerve/an artery/a tendon
- feel (British English) ill/nauseous/queasy
- be running (British English) a temperature/(North American English) a fever
- have a head cold/diabetes/heart disease/lung cancer/a headache/(British English) a high temperature/(North American English) a fever
- suffer from asthma/malnutrition/frequent headaches/nausea/bouts of depression/post-traumatic stress disorder
- be laid up with/ (British English) be in bed with a cold/the flu/(British English) flu/a migraine
- nurse a cold/a headache/a hangover
- battle/fight cancer/depression/addiction/alcoholism
- examine a patient
- diagnose a condition/disease/disorder
- be diagnosed with cancer/diabetes/schizophrenia
- prescribe/be given/be on/take drugs/medicine/medication/pills/painkillers/antibiotics
- treat somebody for cancer/depression/shock
- have/undergo an examination/an operation/surgery/a kidney transplant/therapy/chemotherapy/treatment for cancer
- have/be given an injection/(British English) a flu jab/(North American English) a flu shot/a blood transfusion/a scan/an X-ray
- cure a disease/an ailment/cancer/a headache/a patient
- prevent the spread of disease/further outbreaks/damage to the lungs
- be vaccinated against the flu/(British English) flu/the measles/(British English) measles/polio/smallpox
- enhance/boost/confer/build immunity to a disease
Extra ExamplesTopics Health problemsa1- Don't ask a babysitter to look after a sick child.
不要请临时保姆照看生病的孩子。 - The house has accommodation for up to 60 chronically sick or disabled residents.
这所房子最多可容纳60 名长期病患或残疾人。 - She was sick with cancer.
她患了癌症。 - She was afraid she would get sick if she stayed in that place any longer.
她担心再在那个地方待下去会生病。 - The workers got sick from radiation exposure.
工人们因受到辐射而患病。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- become
- …
- chronically
- desperately
- extremely
- …
- from
- with
- be off sick
- a sick child
- [not usually before noun] feeling that you want to vomit
想呕吐；恶心 - Mum, I feel sick!
妈，我想吐！ - If you eat any more cake you'll make yourself sick.
你要是再吃蛋糕，就该吐了。 - a sick feeling in your stomach
反胃的感觉
Extra Examples- If you eat all that chocolate it'll make you sick.
如果你把那些巧克力都吃了，你会恶心的。 - Whenever I think about my exams I feel physically sick.
我一想到考试就身体不适，想吐。 - Laura felt almost sick with embarrassment.
劳拉尴尬得几乎想吐。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- horribly
- very
- violently
- …
- with
- be as sick as a dog
- sick to your stomach
- Mum, I feel sick!
- (in compounds) feeling sick as a result of travelling on a ship, plane, etc.
晕船；晕机；晕车 - seasick
晕船 - airsick
晕机 - carsick
晕车 - travel-sick
旅行晕眩的
- seasick
- (informal) bored with or annoyed about something that has been happening for a long time, and wanting it to stop
（对…）厌倦的，厌烦的，厌恶的 - sick of somebody/something I'm sick of the way you've treated me.
你对待我的那一套我都厌倦了。 - I'm sick and tired of your moaning.
你的牢骚我都听腻了。 - I'm sick to death of all of you!
你们全都烦死人了！ - We are getting heartily sick of your attitude.
我们对你的态度感到非常厌倦。 - sick of doing something We're sick of waiting around like this.
这么等来等去，我们感到很腻味。 - I am sick of hearing about them and their wedding.
我厌倦了听到他们和他们的婚礼。 - sick of somebody doing something I'm so sick of him whining about how hard his job is.
我厌倦了他抱怨他的工作有多辛苦。
Extra Examples- He was getting heartily sick of all the false sympathy.
所有这些假惺惺的同情让他反感。 - I'm getting sick of all these delays.
这样拖来拖去，我开始感到厌烦了。 - I'm getting sick of you leaving things in a mess.
我越来越讨厌你把东西弄得乱七八糟。 - She was getting a bit sick of his moaning.
她对他哼哼叽叽的抱怨有点厌烦了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- get
- …
- heartily
- really
- absolutely
- …
- of
- sick and tired of something
- sick to the back teeth of something
- sick to death of something
- …
- sick of somebody/something I'm sick of the way you've treated me.
- (informal) (especially of humour) dealing with physical or mental pain, disease or death in a cruel way that some people think is offensive
令人毛骨悚然的；可怕的；残酷的 - a sick joke
令人反感的笑话 - That's really sick.
那真够吓人的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- sound
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- sick in the head
- a sick joke
- (informal) getting pleasure from doing strange or cruel things
变态的；病态的 - a sick mind
变态的心理 - 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。 - We live in a sick society.
我们生活在一个病态的社会里。
Extra Examples- Whoever started the fire must be sick in the head.
放火的人肯定是脑子有病。 - You're really sick, you know that?
你真的很变态，你知道吗？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- sound
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- sick in the head
- a sick mind
- (slang) very good, a lot of fun, etc.
很棒的；非常有趣的 - I love that song—it’s sick!
我非常喜欢那首歌，它棒极了！
see also homesick, lovesick - I love that song—it’s sick!
ill
wanting to vomit
-sick
bored
cruel/strange
good
Word OriginOld English sēoc ‘affected by illness’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ziek and German siech.
Idioms
be sick
- (especially British English) to bring food from your stomach back out through your mouth
呕吐 - 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。
- I was sick three times in the night.
be worried sick; be sick with worry
- to be extremely worried
极度担心；担心得要命 - Where have you been? I've been worried sick about you.
你上哪儿去了？把我急死了。 - She was worrying herself sick about the exams.
她为考试担心得要命。
- Where have you been? I've been worried sick about you.
fall sick
(also old-fashioned take sick)
- (formal) to become sick
患病；生病 - A week later he fell sick and died.
一周后，他生病去世了。 - He fell sick with yellow fever.
他患了黄热病。
- A week later he fell sick and died.
make somebody sick
- to make somebody angry or full of horror
使愤怒；使震惊 - His hypocrisy makes me sick.
他的虚伪让我恶心。 - Her attitude makes me sick.
她的态度让我厌恶。
- His hypocrisy makes me sick.
(as) sick as a dog
- (informal) feeling very sick; vomiting a lot
病得很重；呕吐得厉害
(as) sick as a parrot
- (British English, humorous) very disappointed
大失所望
sick at heart
- (formal) very unhappy or disappointed
十分不快；非常失望
sick to your stomach
- feeling very angry or worried
非常生气；非常担心 - Nora turned sick to her stomach on hearing this news.
听了这个消息，诺拉变得忧心忡忡。 - It makes me sick to my stomach to hear such stupid attitudes.
听到这样愚蠢的看法，我感到恶心。
- Nora turned sick to her stomach on hearing this news.
- feeling that you want to vomit
想呕吐；恶心