| 单词 | failure to thrive |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfailure to thrive failure to thrive n. failure to survive or prosper; spec. (esp. in children and young animals) failure to grow or to gain or maintain weight. Π 1878 National Live-stock Jrnl. July 300/3 There are the general signs of ill health [in swine with intestinal worms]: a failure to thrive, or even a distinct loss of condition; a scurfy, unthrifty state of the skin [etc.]. 1894 Rev. of Rev. July 46/1 It [sc. the Populist party] shows a great riff-raff of men whose failure to thrive can, by their neighbors, be..attributed to their own indolence, viciousness, and folly. 1906 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 13 Oct. 937/2 Infants brought to me because of difficulty in regard to feeding and consequent failure to thrive. 1993 Dog World Nov. 28/3 Malformed puppies, uterine inertia and failure to thrive are common anecdotal problems. 2004 New Yorker 6 Dec. 82/1 ‘Failure to thrive’ is what it's called, and there can be scores of explanations: pituitary disorders, hypothyroidism, genetic defects in metabolism, [etc.] < as lemmas |
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