| 单词 | ad nauseam |
| 释义 | ad nauseam[ ad -naw-zee-uhm, -am ] / æd ˈnɔ zi əm, -ˌæm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ad nauseam ON THESAURUS.COM adverbto a sickening or disgusting degree. Origin of ad nauseam<Latin: literally, to seasickness Words nearby ad nauseamadmov., ADN, Adnah, adnate, adnation, ad nauseam, adnerval, adneural, adnexa, adnexal adenoma, adnexum Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for ad nauseamad nauseam / (æd ˈnɔːzɪˌæm, -sɪ-) / adverbto a disgusting extent Word Origin for ad nauseamLatin: to (the point of) nausea Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with ad nauseamad nauseam To ridiculous excess, to a sickening degree. For example, I wish he'd drop the subject; we have heard about budget cuts ad nauseam. The term, Latin for “to [the point of] nausea,” has been used in English since the early 1600s. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Cultural definitions for ad nauseamad nauseam [ (ad naw-zee-uhm) ] To go on endlessly; literally, to continue “to seasickness”: “The candidate told us the details of how he overcame his childhood problems ad nauseam.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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