单词 | airsick |
释义 | airsickadj. Sick from the motion of an aircraft (in early use, of a balloon); suffering from airsickness. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [adjective] > affected by nausea > types of nausea dead-sick1535 seasicka1566 airsick1785 travel sick1833 land-sick1846 trainsick1896 carsick1908 space-sick1912 1785 F. Farley Bristol Jrnl. 14 May in Notes & Queries 175 (1938) 79/1 Air sick. 1837 T. Hood in Comic Ann. 172 In short was any air-sick? 1873 Cassell's Mag. 8 135/2 The airmen were running..and the balloon was pitching so much as almost to make Bob feel a little air-sick. 1908 H. G. Wells War in Air vii. §1 Even the air-sick men flushed and spoke. 1939 Science 10 Mar. 9/2 Airline operation at higher altitudes during recent years..has cut the number of air-sick passengers to three out of every thousand. 1990 Flight Internat. 25 July 41/2 Anyone who has been seasick and airsick will be aware that the neurovestibular system..is very sensitive to gravity and movement. 2006 Wired Apr. 42/2 (in figure) If you get seasick, airsick, or carsick, you're likely to get spacesick, too. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1785 |
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