单词 | symptom |
释义 | symp·tom (sĭmtəm, sĭmp-) n. 1. An indication of a disorder or disease, especially a subjective one such as pain, nausea, or weakness. 2. A characteristic sign or indication of the existence of something else: drought and erratic rainfall as symptoms of climate change. [Middle English sinthoma, symptom of a disease, from Medieval Latin sinthōma, from Late Latin symptōma, from Greek sumptōma, sumptōmat-, a happening, symptom of a disease, from sumpiptein, sumptō-, to coincide : sun-, syn- + piptein, to fall; see pet- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] symptom·less adj. |
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