单词 | travel sickness |
释义 | travel sicknessn. 1. Sadness caused by a longing to travel; (also) obsessive enthusiasm for or addiction to travelling (cf. travel bug n. at travel n. Compounds 2, wanderlust n.). rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [noun] > desire or fondness for go-fever1875 travel sickness1894 trek fever1897 wanderlust1902 travel bug1907 wander-spirit1927 1894 Sunday School 9 Aug. 115/2 The illustrations..give one the travel-sickness, which is quite as real as home-sickness, and sometimes as overpowering. 2003 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 6 Dec. (Review section) 7 One way I justify my wanderlust is by calling it a form of travel sickness... A sort of pleasant addiction to change, new experiences, stimulation. 2. Nausea caused by the motion of a vehicle or vessel. Cf. travel sick adj.Now rare in U.S. use, where the usual term is motion sickness (see motion sickness n. at motion n. Compounds). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > nausea > types of nausea heartsickness1614 seasickness1625 sea-distempera1641 nausea1771 mal de mer1778 airsickness1784 morning sickness1844 pregnancy sickness1864 carsickness1867 trainsickness1876 motion sickness1881 travel sickness1900 space sickness1912 1900 W. A. N. Dorland Amer. Illustr. Med. Dict. 710/2 Travel-sickness... Same as Car-sickness. 1937 Irish Times 27 Nov. 6/7 Air, sea, motor car, or train journeys can be mental and physical torture, owing to travel sickness. 1979 R. Perry Bishop's Pawn i. 15 I was going to swallow a handful of travel sickness pills. 2013 Field Apr. 118/3 I normally suffer from atrocious travel sickness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1894 |
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