单词 | airsickness |
释义 | airsicknessn. Nausea caused by the motion of an aircraft. Cf. seasickness n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > nausea > types of nausea heartsickness1614 seasickness1625 sea-distempera1641 nausea1771 mal de mer1778 airsickness1784 morning sickness1844 pregnancy sickness1864 carsickness1867 trainsickness1876 motion sickness1881 travel sickness1900 space sickness1912 1784 H. Walpole in Bk. of Days (1863) I. 325 If there is no air-sickness..I would prefer a balloon to the packet boat. 1862 Littell's Living Age 1 Nov. 237/2 Something more than air-sickness has to be encountered by those who attempt the loftiest ascents. 1908 H. G. Wells War in Air vii. §2 For a time he was not a human being, he was a case of air-sickness. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) I. 696/1 Aviation medicine comprises diagnosis and treatment of problems like decompression illness, anoxia, and air sickness. 1994 T. Clancy Debt of Honor xxviii. 440 The kid had the makings of a good student..even if he'd left service in P-3s because of chronic airsickness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1784 |
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