| 单词 | pica |
| 释义 | pica (once / 103679 pages) 1n 2n Pica is a disorder that makes people want to eat things that aren't food. If you have a strange craving for plaster or seashells, you may have pica. While pica is sometimes a psychological disorder, it's often caused by a nutritional deficiency. A person who's getting much less iron (or some other necessary mineral) in their diet than they need might crave things like dirt or stones. Pica can be dangerous, since the objects sufferers eat can poison them, like paint chips containing lead, or cause a blockage in their intestines. In Latin, pica means "magpie," a bird that eats a wide variety of foods. WORD FAMILYpica: picas USAGE EXAMPLESHe spent most weeknights hunkered down — razor knife and pica pole at the ready — in the townhouse that served as the Yale paper’s offices. New York Times(Oct 29, 2016) It’s often linked to pica, “the indiscriminate eating of inedible objects,” says Dodman, author of Pets on the Couch. National Geographic(Oct 22, 2016) A: Craving nonfood items such as cornstarch, baking soda, clay or ice is called pica. Seattle Times(Jul 24, 2016) 1 n an eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently 2Hypo|Hyper geophagia, geophagy eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior eating disorder a disorder of the normal eating routine n a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing Syn|Hyper em, pica em linear measure, linear unit a unit of measurement of length Pica (once / 88867 pages) n WORD FAMILY Pica: Picas USAGE EXAMPLESPica pays homage to these actions by papering one wall of the gallery with standard-size sheets of blank white paper. Los Angeles Times(Dec 08, 2016) One elderly man wore a crisp, new T-shirt with an image of Puig celebrating her gold medal victory and her motto Pica Power. New York Times(Aug 25, 2016) “Sometimes I wonder if our application was even reviewed,” Pica said. Washington Times(Oct 13, 2016) n magpies Syn|Hyper genus Pica bird genus a genus of birds |
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