| 单词 | sinking feeling |
| 释义 | > as lemmassinking feeling sinking feeling n. an unpleasant bodily sensation caused by hunger or (now esp.) the apprehension that something unpleasant or undesirable is about to happen. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [noun] > sinking feeling sinking feeling1890 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun] hungerc825 appetite1303 famec1515 sharpness1581 suction1615 meat-will1643 sucking1656 sharpsetness1673 esurition1678 stomach-worm1788 hunger-pain1820 yird-hunger1825 appetizement1826 yapness1828 esuriencea1834 peckishness1871 sinking feeling1890 1798 Gentleman's Mag. June 479/2 On going to-bed, I had the same sinking sensation, and soon after was attacked with a violent burning pain and contraction of the stomach.] 1890 H. G. Hutchinson in H. G. Hutchinson et al. Golf (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) ix. 246 The nerves and muscles must be fed for the work before them; otherwise there will ensue a dreadful sinking feeling before the end of the round. 1920 C. A. W. Monckton Some Exper. New Guinea Resident Magistr. xxv. 302 ‘Do you feel devilish hungry half an hour before meals?’..‘Yes,..sometimes so hungry that I have a sinking feeling.’ 1937 Discovery Oct. 295/1 The slight sinking feeling experienced by pedestrian members.., when faced by the considerable uphill trudge. 1979 L. Meyer False Front xiii. 108 I got that nasty sinking feeling again. We..couldn't get the story into the paper. 2004 Radio Times 5 June (Midlands ed.) 106/2 Just like you, we get a horrible sinking feeling at the prospect of yet another reality-cum-search-for-a-star show. < as lemmas |
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