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| 1 | if you are sick , food you have eaten suddenly comes out of your stomach through your mouth 反胃的；恶心的；要呕吐的 |
| I’ m going to be sick! 我要吐了！ |
| violently sick He was violently sick over the side of the boat. 他趴在船舷上猛吐。 |
| make yourself sick People with eating disorders often make themselves sick. 饮食紊乱的人常会恶心。 |
| sick feeling The thought of seeing him gave her a sick feeling in her stomach. 一想到见他，她就感觉想吐。 |
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| 2 | MAINLY AMERICAN if you are sick , you do not feel well （感觉）不适的，生病的 |
| He stayed at home caring for his sick wife. 他呆在家里，照顾生病的妻子。 |
| sick and injured/wounded/dying a clinic for animals that are sick and injured 诊治生病和受伤动物的动物诊所 |
| get/fall sick (=become sick) He suddenly fell very sick and died a few days later. 生病 |
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| 3 | if something that someone does or says is sick , it is so unpleasant that it would upset some people 令人恶心的；令人作呕的 |
| sick humour/jokes 令人恶心的幽默/笑话 |
| | 3a | used about someone who behaves in a cruel or unpleasant way （人）残酷的，令人厌恶的 | | If you ask me, he’ s sick in the head. 如果你让我说，他讨厌极了。 | |
| | 3b | an offensive way of describing someone who is mentally ill 疯癫的；病态的 | |
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| - | (as) sick as a parrot BRITISH very informal
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| very unhappy or disappointed about something that has happened |
| （对已发生的事情）非常伤心（或失望）的 |
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| - | be worried sick
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| to be very worried |
| 担心极了；极为担心 |
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| Where have you been? We’ ve been worried sick. 你去哪里了？我们担心死了。 |
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| - | call in sick
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| to phone someone at the place where you work to tell them you are too ill to work |
| 打电话（到单位）请病假 |
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| - | feel sick
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| to feel that food you have eaten is going to come out of your stomach through your mouth |
| 感到反胃；感到想吐 |
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| The thought of losing his child made him feel physically sick. 一想到要失去自己的孩子他都感到想吐。 |
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| - | make sb sick mainly spoken
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| 1 | to make someone become very angry or upset 使某人很生气（或很不愉快） | The way he treats his wife just makes me sick. 他对待他妻子的方式让我很生气。 | |
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| 2 | humorous to make someone feel very jealous 让某人非常嫉妒 | You make me sick! You’ re so lucky! 你让我嫉妒死了！你真幸运！ | |
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| - | off sick BRITISH
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| if you are off sick or you take time off sick , you do not go to work because you are ill |
| 休病假 |
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| She’ s been off sick for over a week. 她休病假已经一周多了。 |
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| - | sick and tired of sth/sick to death of sth/sick to the back teeth of sth mainly spoken
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| very unhappy about something |
| 对某事极其厌烦 |
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| Basically, she’ s sick to death of his behaviour. 大致来说，她对他的行为烦透了。 |
| I am sick and tired of listening to your complaints. 你的抱怨我听得都烦透了。 |
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| - | sick at heart literary
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| extremely unhappy |
| 非常不开心的；郁郁寡欢的 |
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| - | sick to your stomach
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| 1 | feeling that food you have eaten is going to come out of your stomach through your mouth 想呕吐的 |
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| 2 | feeling very angry or afraid 很生气的；很害怕的 |
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| - | sick with fear/nerves/worry etc
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| very frightenednervousworried |
| 很害怕/紧张/担心等的 |
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