| 单词 | mal de mer |
| 释义 | mal de mer (once / 105530 pages) n Mal de mer is the queasy feeling many people get when they're on a boat or ship. You might feel fine on a large cruise ship, but suffer from mal de mer when you're on a small ferry. Mal de mer is another way to say "seasickness." It's a particular kind of motion sickness that afflicts people traveling by water, and it causes dizziness and nausea (a word that actually means "seasickness" in Greek). Mal de mer is brought on by the rocking motion of a boat on the waves — although not everyone is affected by it. In French, mal means "bad" or "sick" and mer means "sea." WORD FAMILYmal de mer USAGE EXAMPLESIt was a cold wind, too, and few of the passengers who had withstood the attacks of mal de mer ventured on deck. Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis), The Wireless Officer(2011) “I had mal de mer when I was on the steamer,” the child said, in her pretty, painstaking English—she spoke French habitually. Kelley, Ethel M. (Ethel May), Outside Inn(2010) Never having been before upon the sea I was soon in the throes of mal de mer, and the prospect was certainly not encouraging. Van Breda, P., My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer...(2010) n motion sickness experienced while traveling on water Syn|Hyper naupathia, seasickness kinetosis, motion sickness the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle |
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