释义 |
ˈdeath-sick, a. [death n. 18 d.] Sick unto death, mortally sick or ill. So ˈdeath-ˌsickness, mortal illness.
1628Bp. Hall Quo Vadis? §19 Apparitions..wherewith some of our death-sick gentlemen..haue bin frighted into catholickes. 1661Petit. E. Chaloner in 7th Rep. Hist. MSS. Commission 147 During his imprisonment..he took his death sickness. 1846Manning Serm. (1848) II. ii. 33 After the partial cure of a death-sickness. |