单词 | sicken |
释义 | sick·en transitive verb 1. < the fogs have settled … thousands of persons have been sickened — New York Times > 2. a. < the growing pile of cakes on the scrubbed table sickened him — John Morrison > b. < feel more sickened than stimulated by the public admiration — T.E.Lawrence > < others, sickened by conditions under which they lived — Sinclair Lewis > < sickened by the sight of blood > 3. < land sickened by overgrazing > intransitive verb 1. < a hummingbird which had apparently been hurt or had sickened — B.A.Williams > 2. a. < his heart sickened at the thought of this brutal indignity — F.V.W.Mason > — often used with of < when the expected excesses began he speedily sickened of the spectacle — J.C.Fitzpatrick > b. < voters might sicken of political bickering — W.J.Jorden > 3. < his self-esteem sickened — Maurice Hewlett > < became plain my story was sickening from surfeit of material — Catherine D. Bowen > 4. chiefly Britain < he was sickening for mumps > < pig that looked as though it were sickening for a disease — Pearl Buck > Synonyms: see disgust |
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