| 单词 | stricken |
| 释义 | stricken (once / 694 pages) adj Stricken means "overwhelmed by emotion." When you saw the pretty new girl at school smiling at you, you were so stricken you walked right into a wall. Stricken means "affected," whether it's in a good way — being so stricken by spring fever that you can't stop singing and goofing around — or bad, like being stricken by a real fever and a sore throat and the chills and. . . you get the idea. You can also be stricken by fear, like a family so stricken by fear of bedbugs that they cancelled their hotel reservation and just slept in their car. WORD FAMILYstricken: strickenly+/counterstrike: counterstrikes/strike: counterstrike, stricken, striker, strikes, striking/striker: strikers/striking: strikingly, strikingness, strikings USAGE EXAMPLESFisher died Tuesday after being stricken on an airplane flight last week. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Fisher died Tuesday at age 60 after being stricken on an airplane flight last week. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) In 2013, stricken with arthritis, Ms. Thompson quit her job as a janitor. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1adj grievously affected especially by disease Syn afflicted ill, sick affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function 2adj put out of action (by illness) Syn laid low ill, sick affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function 3adj (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming Syn smitten, struck affected acted upon; influenced |
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