| 释义 |
ail
I. \ˈāl, ˈāəl\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English eilen, from Old English eglan to trouble, afflict; akin to Old English egle hideous, loathsome, Middle Low German egelen to annoy, Gothic usagljan to oppress and perhaps to Middle Irish ālad wound, Sanskrit agha evil and perhaps to Old English ege fear, Old High German egī, Old Norse agi, Gothic agis fear, Greek achos pain, Old Irish ad-āgor I fear; basic meaning: fearing
transitive verb
: to affect with an unnamed disease or physical or emotional pain or discomfort : trouble or interfere with : be the matter with — used only of unspecified causes
< can the doctor tell what ails the patient >
< he will not concede that anything ails his business >
< what ails that naughty boy >
intransitive verb
: to become affected with pain or discomfort : have something the matter
< he ailed throughout his childhood >
< the business is ailing >
< was ailing from a cold >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English eil, from eilen, v.
: indisposition, ailment
< wild herbs that were … counted upon to ease their winter ails — Sarah O. Jewett >
III. \ˈī(ə)l\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English eile, from Old English egl; akin to Old English ecg edge, sword — more at edge
now dialect England : the beard of grain — usually used in plural |