| 单词 | fatigue |
| 释义 | fatigue (once / 249 pages) 1nv 2vn 3n Swimming and playing volleyball at the beach can make you tired and pleasantly wiped out, but long hours filling and emptying a wheelbarrow of dirt on a hot day brings fatigue, a far more draining kind of exhaustion. There is a noticeable difference between tiredness and fatigue. You can read a magazine or book before bed and get tired after a while, but if you work on math problems on a computer for a long time, you'll feel fatigue in your eyes, and maybe your brain will start to hurt. The Latin fatīgāre means to "tire out," "to fill to excess or to bursting." Even thinking about the Latin for fatigue brings some mental fatigue. WORD FAMILYfatigue: fatigued, fatigues, fatiguing, overfatigue+/fatigued: fatiguedly/overfatigue: overfatigued, overfatiguing USAGE EXAMPLESFinally, as the turtle slowed down, he positioned the boat near the fatigued animal. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The nonprofit Jett Foundation collected data on falls, fatigue and other outcomes that the panel more or less ignored. Wall Street Journal(Dec 31, 2016) He played 31 minutes in the loss and Doc Rivers said Paul experienced some fatigue after that game. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills Syn|Hypo|Hyper tiredness, weariness asthenopia, eyestrain a tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem jet lagfatigue and sleep disturbance resulting from disruption of the body's normal circadian rhythm as a result of jet travel exhaustionextreme fatigue grogginessa groggy state resulting from weariness logginess, loginessa dull and listless state resulting from weariness inanitionexhaustion resulting from lack of food frazzlea state of extreme exhaustion brain-fag, mental exhaustionexhaustion that affects mental keenness temporary state a state that continues for a limited time 2n used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress metal fatigue Hyper failing, weakness a flaw or weak point 3v exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress 2Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper fag, fag out, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary freshen, refresh, refreshen make fresh again beat, exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up wear out completely overfatigue, overtire, overwearytire excessively frazzleexhaust physically or emotionally playexhaust by allowing to pull on the line killtire out completely indispose cause to feel unwell 1v lose interest or become bored with something or somebody Syn|Hypo|Hyper jade, pall, tire, weary conk out, peter out, poop out, run down, run out use up all one's strength and energy and stop working retire, withdrawlose interest back down, back off, bow out, chicken out, pull outremove oneself from an obligation degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop grow worse 2n (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something 3he was suffering from museum fatigue after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue political fatigue Hyper boredom, ennui, tedium the feeling of being bored by something tedious n labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on) the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson they were assigned to kitchen fatigues Syn|Hyper fatigue duty assignment, duty assignment a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces) |
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