sick

• adj. 厌恶的；病态的；不舒服；渴望的；恶心的 ；生病的
• n. 病人
• n. (Sick)人名；(德、西)西克
• vt. 使狗去咬；呕吐；追击

来自古英语 seoc,生病的，来自 Proto-Germanic*seukaz,生病的，来自 PIE*seug,悲伤的，有麻 烦的。引申诸相关词义。

1. people who are sick;

"they devote their lives to caring for the sick"

sick

sick: [OE] The ultimate origins of sick are a mystery. It has been traced back to a hypothetical prehistoric Germanic *seukaz, but beyond that nothing certain is known. Its modern relatives are German siech, Dutch ziek, Swedish sjuk, and Danish syg.

sick (v.)

"to chase, set upon" (as in command sick him!), 1845, dialectal variant of seek. Used as an imperative to incite a dog to attack a person or animal; hence "cause to pursue." Related: Sicked; sicking.

sick (adj.)

"unwell," Old English seoc "ill, diseased, feeble, weak; corrupt; sad, troubled, deeply affected," from Proto-Germanic *seukaz, of uncertain origin. The general Germanic word (Old Norse sjukr, Danish syg, Old Saxon siok, Old Frisian siak, Middle Dutch siec, Dutch ziek, Old High German sioh, Gothic siuks "sick, ill"), but in German and Dutch displaced by krank "weak, slim," probably originally with a sense of "twisted, bent" (see crank (n.)).

Restricted meaning "having an inclination to vomit, affected with nausea" is from 1610s; sense of "tired or weary (of something), disgusted from satiety" is from 1590s; phrase sick and tired of is attested from 1783. Meaning "mentally twisted" in modern colloquial use is from 1955, a revival of the word in this sense from 1550s (sense of "spiritually or morally corrupt" was in Old English, which also had seocmod "infirm of mind"); sick joke is from 1958.

sick (n.)

"those who are sick," Old English seoce, from sick (adj).

ill, sick

这两个形容词均有"生病的"之意。

ill： 在英国较常用，指"生病"时，通常作表语，不可作定语。在美国，ill用作表语时可与sick换用。

sick多用于美国，作"生病"解时，既可作表语，也可作定语。在英国，sick作表语，不指生病，而指"恶心、呕吐"。

She tenderly looked after her sick mother.

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One consideration is to ask parents what they want before they become sick or dependent.

出自-2011年6月听力原文

A rat or pigeon might not be the obvious choice to tend to someone who is sick, but these creatures have some 26 superior skills that could help the treatment of human diseases.

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

All other passengers had only a very slim chance of getting sick according to the findings.

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

Also, certain types of bacteria are extremely harmful, and it takes only a small number to make you sick.

2018年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

Although in-flight infections thrive in dry environments like airplanes, your risk of getting sick from an airplane is actually low because of the air filters used.

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But in the rare chance that there is a micro-organism that can make you sick on the exact spot where the food dropped, you can be fairly sure that the bug is on the food you are about to put in your mouth.

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But it's also important to recognize that the pressure to divorce may be health-related and that sick ex-wives may need additional care and services to prevent worsening health and increased health costs.

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Either side of a person infected with flu, as well as those sitting one roe in font of or behind this individual, had about an 80 person chance of getting sick.

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Gender norms and social expectations about caregiving may make it more difficult for men to provide care to sick spouses.

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If you are on a plane with a sick passenger, you are unlikely to get sick.

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My dancing life began not because I wanted to do it, but because my mother was sick and tired of seeing me running around after school doing nothing.

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So the next time you consider eating fallen food, the odds are in your favor that you can eat it without getting sick.

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Unless you're sitting next to someone who is coughing or sneezing, you shouldn't worry too much about getting sick.

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The U.S. trails far behind every wealthy nation and many developing ones that have family-friendly work policies including paid parental leave, paid sick days and breast-feeding support, according to a 2007 study.

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When it came to light last year that mothers, far more than fathers,chose to stay home from work to care for their sick kids.

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She might not know about the pages backing up that need attention, or about the designer who had to go home sick.

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simultaneously, the number of sick older people grew.

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The idea of one going in my mouth made me feel a little sick.

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

Undernourishment during this approximately 1, 000-day window can seriously check the growth and development of children and render them more likely to get sick and die than well-fed children.

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But Moore was sick of missing out on candies.

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He quickly gave it to the sick children.

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He would die, and so would the sick children of nome.

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His father said that the cat must be sick.

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My mom would be worried sick if I didn't come home soon.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读表达 原文

One time at a party, I drank too much alcohol and got so sick.

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Similarly, when people go for a few days without sleeping, they get sick.

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Some astronauts feel sick on the station during the first few days because their brains receive contradictory messages.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读D 题设

That can be annoying—that's why some people feel sick.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

To do CPR, you press on the sick person's chest so that blood moves through the body and takes oxygen to organs.

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Trying to help injured, displaced or sick creatures can be heartbreaking; survival is never certain.

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Welch examined a sick boy, Billy, and knew he had diphtheria, a deadly infectious disease mainly affecting children.

2016年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

Welch needed medicine as soon as possible to stop other kids from getting sick.

2016年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

Believe it or not, a warm embrace might even help you avoid getting sick this winter.

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a sick child

生病的孩子

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Her mother's very sick.

她母亲病得很厉害。

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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。

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Emma has just called in sick (= telephoned 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。

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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。

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(North Amercian English)I can't afford to get sick (= become ill) .

我病不起。

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Mum, I feel sick !

妈，我想吐！

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If you eat any more cake you'll make yourself sick .

你要是再吃蛋糕，就该吐了。

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a sick feeling in your stomach

胃里恶心的感觉

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seasick

晕船

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airsick

晕机

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carsick

晕车

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travel-sick

旅行晕眩的

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I'm sick of the way you've treated me.

你对待我的那一套我都厌倦了。

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We're sick of waiting around like this.

这么等来等去，我们感到很腻味。

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I'm sick and tired of your moaning.

你的牢骚我都听腻了。

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I'm sick to death of all of you!

你们全都烦死人了！

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a sick joke

令人毛骨悚然的笑话

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He's very sick. He needs medication...

他病得很厉害，需要药物治疗。

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She found herself with two small children, a sick husband, and no money...

她发觉自己有两个年幼的孩子和一个有病在身的丈夫，却没钱养活他们。

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She got up and was sick in the handbasin...

她起身在洗手池里吐了起来。

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The very thought of food made him feel sick...

一想到食物他就恶心。

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I am sick and tired of hearing all these people moaning...

我厌倦了听这些人大发牢骚。

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Most people here are sick of violence.

这儿的大多数人都厌恶暴力。

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...a sick joke about a cat...

关于猫的一则令人毛骨悚然的笑话

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That's really sick.

那真够吓人的。

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It makes me sick that people commit offences and never get punished...

一些人屡屡犯罪却从未受到惩戒，这真让我气愤。

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The British press makes me sick.

英国新闻界让我很反感。

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When we are off sick, we only receive half pay.

我们请病假的时候只能拿一半薪水。

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He was worried sick about what our mothers would say.

对于我们双方的母亲会说什么他十分担心。

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