英语词汇“sic”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adverb | verb

sicsic1 /sɪk/ adverb formal

ETYMOLOGYsic¹

Origin: 1800-1900 Latin so, in this way

eng. lang. arts used in parentheses or brackets after a word in writing that you have copied from another document in order to show that you know the word was not spelled or used correctly: Jenna’s letter began “Dear Santa Clouse [sic],...”

adverb | verb

sicsic2 verb (sicced, siccing) [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYsic²

Origin: 1800-1900 seek

VERB TABLE

sic

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	sic
	he, she, it	sics
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	sicced
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have sicced
	he, she, it	has sicced
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had sicced
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will sic
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have sicced

Continuous Form
Present	I	am siccing
	he, she, it	is siccing
	you, we, they	are siccing
Past	I, he, she, it	was siccing
	you, we, they	were siccing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been siccing
	he, she, it	has been siccing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been siccing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be siccing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been siccing

sic 'em! informal used to tell a dog to attack someonesic on phrasal verb1sic something on somebody to tell a dog to attack someone2sic somebody on somebody to tell someone in authority that someone else has done something wrong so that he or she will be punished