| 单词 | sickly |
| 释义 | sickly (sɪkli ) Word forms: sicklier , sickliest 1. adjective A sickly person or animal is weak, unhealthy, and often ill. He had been a sickly child. Synonyms: unhealthy, weak, delicate, ailing 2. adjective A sickly smell or taste is unpleasant and makes you feel slightly sick, often because it is extremely sweet. ...the sickly smell of rum. Synonyms: nauseating, revolting [informal], cloying, icky [informal] 3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A sickly colour or light is unpleasantly pale or weak. Wallpapers for children too often come only in sickly pastel shades. Synonyms: insipid, pale, washed out, colourless Collocations: sickly green Pieces pulled from the loaf are dipped into a sauce, sickly green, but piquant. The Times Literary Supplement He wore a waterproof jacket of sickly green and shrieking yellow that attracted several ribald comments from his friends. Times, Sunday Times His eyes blaze with a sickly green light. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As the black-and-white archive footage of the trenches and front lines floods into sickly greens and oranges, a 100-year gap suddenly springs shut. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 体弱多病的 Japanese: 病弱な |
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