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

adj

If you’re nauseous, you feel queasy and sick to your stomach, and you might feel like vomiting. Could be the stomach flu or too much food before that roller-coaster ride.

Nauseous comes from the Latin word nausea, which means "seasickness." That's certainly one reason for getting nauseous, but we don't limit this word to the seafaring world anymore. Not only do we use this adjective when we're feeling queasy, but we also use it to describe whatever is making us feel queasy. A smell that turns your stomach is a nauseous smell. We also use nauseous figuratively when we're "grossed out" by someone who's overly romantic or self-involved.

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

nauseated / nauseous

If you're nauseated you're about to throw up, if you're nauseous, you're a toxic funk and you're going to make someone else puke. These words are used interchangeably so often that it makes word nerds feel nauseated!

Nauseated is how you feel after eating funnel cake and riding the tilt-a-whirl, when you're two months pregnant, or any other time you need a vomit bag. Here are some examples from the New York Times,

He was constantly nauseated, so much so that he lost 50 pounds.

In the place of public transport, fleets of private vans career from stop to stop with their hapless, nauseated passengers.

Nauseous, on the other hand, should be reserved to mean causing that feeling, not having it. But it's used so often now to mean "feeling sick," that dictionaries define it that way. Here's how to use the word if you want to tuck in your shirt and be proper:

It does not contain iodine, but is said to possess all the therapeutic qualities of cod-liver oil without its nauseous taste. (Encyclopedia Britannica)

But more examples look like this:

She was too nauseous to keep down her food. (BBC)

In his Modern American Usage, Garner labels this usage as "ubiquitous" but held on to by "die-hard snoots." The Oxford English Dictionary calls this usage of nauseous common. Another distinction is that nauseated can be used to describe "sick in the stomach" and nauseous for "sickening to think about."

Sticklers will keep the distinction. If you feel nauseated after thinking about this nauseous distinction, then you're on the right track.

WORD FAMILY

nauseous: nauseously+/nausea: nauseate, nauseous/nauseate: nauseated, nauseates, nauseating/nauseating: nauseatingly, nauseatingness

USAGE EXAMPLES

Meanwhile, Roethlisberger only played as if he were nauseous, completing 19 of 34 with two interceptions.

Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017)

“If I think about it for too long, I get nauseous.”

Washington Post(Dec 02, 2016)

He says he felt less nauseous when he woke up on match day, but he certainly looked like he was still feeling its effects.

Seattle Times(Nov 27, 2016)

1adj causing or able to cause nausea

nauseous offal

Syn

loathsome, nauseating, noisome, offensive, queasy, sickening, vile
unwholesome

detrimental to physical or moral well-being

2adj feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit

Syn

nauseated, queasy, sick, sickish
ill, sick

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

单词	nauseous
释义	nauseous (once / 5760 pages) adj If you’re nauseous, you feel queasy and sick to your stomach, and you might feel like vomiting. Could be the stomach flu or too much food before that roller-coaster ride. Nauseous comes from the Latin word nausea, which means "seasickness." That's certainly one reason for getting nauseous, but we don't limit this word to the seafaring world anymore. Not only do we use this adjective when we're feeling queasy, but we also use it to describe whatever is making us feel queasy. A smell that turns your stomach is a nauseous smell. We also use nauseous figuratively when we're "grossed out" by someone who's overly romantic or self-involved. CHOOSE YOUR WORDS nauseated / nauseous If you're nauseated you're about to throw up, if you're nauseous, you're a toxic funk and you're going to make someone else puke. These words are used interchangeably so often that it makes word nerds feel nauseated! Nauseated is how you feel after eating funnel cake and riding the tilt-a-whirl, when you're two months pregnant, or any other time you need a vomit bag. Here are some examples from the New York Times, He was constantly nauseated, so much so that he lost 50 pounds. In the place of public transport, fleets of private vans career from stop to stop with their hapless, nauseated passengers. Nauseous, on the other hand, should be reserved to mean causing that feeling, not having it. But it's used so often now to mean "feeling sick," that dictionaries define it that way. Here's how to use the word if you want to tuck in your shirt and be proper: It does not contain iodine, but is said to possess all the therapeutic qualities of cod-liver oil without its nauseous taste. (Encyclopedia Britannica) But more examples look like this: She was too nauseous to keep down her food. (BBC) In his Modern American Usage, Garner labels this usage as "ubiquitous" but held on to by "die-hard snoots." The Oxford English Dictionary calls this usage of nauseous common. Another distinction is that nauseated can be used to describe "sick in the stomach" and nauseous for "sickening to think about." Sticklers will keep the distinction. If you feel nauseated after thinking about this nauseous distinction, then you're on the right track. WORD FAMILY nauseous: nauseously+/nausea: nauseate, nauseous/nauseate: nauseated, nauseates, nauseating/nauseating: nauseatingly, nauseatingness USAGE EXAMPLES Meanwhile, Roethlisberger only played as if he were nauseous, completing 19 of 34 with two interceptions. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) “If I think about it for too long, I get nauseous.” Washington Post(Dec 02, 2016) He says he felt less nauseous when he woke up on match day, but he certainly looked like he was still feeling its effects. Seattle Times(Nov 27, 2016) 1adj causing or able to cause nausea nauseous offal Syn loathsome, nauseating, noisome, offensive, queasy, sickening, vile unwholesome detrimental to physical or moral well-being 2adj feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit Syn nauseated, queasy, sick, sickish ill, sick affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
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