| 释义 |
heartsink heartsink (ˈhɑːtˌsɪŋk) n (Medicine) a. a patient who repeatedly visits his or her doctor's surgery, often with multiple or non-specific symptoms, and whose complaints are impossible to treatb. (as modifier): heartsink patients. [C20: so-called because the patient's appearance in the surgery makes the doctor's heart sink] |