单词 | lungy |
释义 | lungyadj. a. Affected with lung-disease. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorder of respiratory organs > [adjective] > disorders of lungs > affected with lung-sick?1530 pulmonarious1658 phthisicky1697 pulmonary1712 lungy1888 1888 G. Allen Devil's Die I. xvii. 276 The mild Hindoos, lungy to a man, preferred..a native doctor. 1899 Pall Mall Mag. Apr. 474 I got to know from a doctor at home that I was lungy. b. Coming from the lungs. ΚΠ 1909 Westm. Gaz. 21 Apr. 2/1 As the armed companies turned this corner of the narrow road a lungey Oriental cheer..saluted each. 1935 ‘R. Crompton’ William—the Detective ix. 211 Sounds lungy to me. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1888 |
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