单词 | anaemic |
释义 | anaemicadj. Characterized by anæmia. 1. a. Bloodless; ill-supplied with blood, or having blood of poor quality. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of blood > [adjective] > deficiency of red cells > anaemia > affected with exsanguine1835–6 anaemic1839 anaemial1853 1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 720 c/2 The brain of the ill-nourished strumous child is generally an anæmic brain. 1879 H. Spencer Data of Ethics vi. §37. 94 Anæmic, flat-chested school girls, bending over many lessons and forbidden boisterous play. b. transf. and fig. Lacking in vigour, strength, or spirit. colloq. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > lacking vigour, strength, or spirit bloodlessc1225 feeble1340 languoring?c1425 languid1646 chlorotic1764 exanimate1841 limp1853 anaemic1898 brain-dead1972 1898 Daily News 16 Sept. 4/5 The Americans..are not anæmic. They are overflowing with vigour and enterprise. 1899 Daily News 21 Oct. 7/7 Some of the tweeds are made in rather anæmic, sickly tones. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 1 Dec. 20/3 [He] must indeed have made an anæmic diamond declaration. 1941 N. Coward Australia Visited iv. 28 Far too much anæmic nonsense was put forward by the young intelligentsia. 2. Of, or pertaining to, anæmia. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of blood > [adjective] > deficiency of red cells > anaemia anaemic1858 1858 J. L. W. Thudichum Treat. Pathol. Urine 3 Chlorosis and other anæmic conditions. 1861 T. J. Graham Pract. Med. 725 There is an anæmic murmur in the ascending aorta. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online June 2011). < adj.1839 |
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