释义 |
strickenstrick‧en /ˈstrɪkən/ adjective formal - At last the pilot managed to land his stricken aircraft.
- At night, lit from within, she looked like a stricken ghost, fleeing the city of glittering towers.
- But then du Pre was stricken with multiple sclerosis and the fairytale quickly unravelled.
- He stared with his stupendously stoned eyes at the assembled and stricken family.
- I arrived to a house stricken with grief in Plaistow Grove, Bromley, and it wasn't easy.
- Then it bayed and Jim was stricken with terror.
► drought-stricken/cancer-stricken/tragedy-stricken etc drought-stricken farmers very badly affected by trouble, illness, unhappiness etc: Fire broke out on the stricken ship.stricken by/with a country stricken by severe economic problemsdrought-stricken/cancer-stricken/tragedy-stricken etc drought-stricken farmers → grief-stricken, panic-stricken, poverty-stricken |