单词 | asthmatic |
释义 | asthmaticadj.n. A. adj. 1. Affected with or suffering from asthma. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [adjective] > asthma > affected with asthmatic1542 asthmatical1862 tisicky1905 1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xxxv. sig. M.iv A dyete for..asmatyke men. 1582 J. Hester tr. L. Fioravanti Compend. Rationall Secretes iii. cxi. 135 Giuen in the broth of a Chickin vnto those that are Asmaticke. 1775 H. Walpole Last Jrnls. 14 Mar. Asthmatic and unhealthy like her father. 1861 A. Wynter Our Social Bees 459 An asthmatic patient. 2. a. Of or pertaining to asthma. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [adjective] > asthma asthmatic1620 asthmatical1637 1620 T. Venner Via Recta iii. 61 The Asthmatick passion..is a short and painfull fetching of breath. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxiv. 328 Interrupted by a fit of asthmatic coughing. b. Good against asthma. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [adjective] > for asthma antiasthmatic1664 asthmatic1880 1880 M. Collins Thoughts in Garden I. 53 An asthmatic balsam that is ‘truly efficacious and pleasant.’ 3. figurative. Puffing, wheezy. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [adjective] > wheeze wheezing1560 asthmatic1806 wheezling1808 wheezya1821 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. x. 242 An asthmatic pair of bellows. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. cxi The asthmatic old steam-tug. B. n. A person suffering from asthma. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > shortness of breath > asthma > person asthmatic1583 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke ii. vii. 65 You must giue vnto the Astmatickes..Antidotes. 1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. iii. vii. 891 Why should the close air of a crowded room be balmiest of airs to some asthmatics? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1542 |
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