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单词 airsick
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airsickadj.

Brit. /ˈɛːsɪk/, U.S. /ˈɛrˌsɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: air n.1, sick adj.
Etymology: < air n.1 + sick adj., after seasick adj. Compare slightly earlier airsickness n.
Sick from the motion of an aircraft (in early use, of a balloon); suffering from airsickness.
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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).
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