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单词 sickener
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Definition of sickener in English:

sickener

noun ˈsɪk(ə)nəˈsɪk(ə)nər
  • 1informal Something which causes disgust or severe disappointment.

    the goal was a real sickener for a Linfield defence
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Saturday's result was a real sickener for Barrow who believed Swansea's early goal proved crucial.
    • Last Sunday's single point defeat at Widnes was a sickener for Harrison and his players.
    • ‘To come in at full-time and find we had gone bottom of the league was a real sickener,’ said the veteran striker.
    • It ended a run of 14 games unbeaten and it was a sickener to concede in injury time of both halves.
    • We thought we had a great chance after that, of winning Leinster, but Louth beat us by a point and that was a real sickener.
    • It was a sickener for Schofield who had already missed two matches because of his previous injury and is now out of the last game of the tour against Western Province Academy.
    • It is a real sickener and it has taken the shine off the result.
    • The real sickener about the situation is that she recently changed insurance companies.
    • ‘I was pleased with the performance but the result is a bit of a sickener when it was us who created most of the chances in the game,’ said the manager of the team.
    • It was a sickener, but it shows that if you can just get in the play-offs you never know what could happen.
    • We have done wonders to get to host the conference and it would be a real sickener if financial problems wreck all the hard work.
    • I'm just glad there was nothing riding on the game, otherwise that would have been a real sickener.
    • It was a real sickener, but I've got to get on with it now and get playing again.
    • Rewinding some paragraphs post-appreciation, one can almost believe Kinsella's one-sheet sickener.
    • But after coaching the Bolton-based lightweight since he was 11 it's a real sickener for him not to see the job through on the biggest stage in the world.
    • We've been working towards it for the whole year and especially after the sickener of losing last year.
    • But to concede again straight away was a sickener.
    • Mr Rothwell added: ‘It's a real sickener and I would appeal to the thieves to at least give us back the things which are clearly of no use to them, or to anyone else.’
    • I'd have thought he'd be out of action for four to eight weeks which is a real sickener.
    • They hit us on the break just before half-time, which was a bit of a sickener.
  • 2the sickenerA poisonous toadstool with a red cap and a white or cream-coloured stem and gills, found in both Eurasia and North America.

    Genus Russula, family Russulaceae, class Hymenomycetes, in particular R. emetica

Rhymes

thickener
 
 

Definition of sickener in US English:

sickener

nounˈsik(ə)nərˈsɪk(ə)nər
  • 1informal Something which causes disgust or severe disappointment.

    the goal was a real sickener for a Linfield defense
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They hit us on the break just before half-time, which was a bit of a sickener.
    • It was a sickener for Schofield who had already missed two matches because of his previous injury and is now out of the last game of the tour against Western Province Academy.
    • We thought we had a great chance after that, of winning Leinster, but Louth beat us by a point and that was a real sickener.
    • Last Sunday's single point defeat at Widnes was a sickener for Harrison and his players.
    • I'd have thought he'd be out of action for four to eight weeks which is a real sickener.
    • It was a real sickener, but I've got to get on with it now and get playing again.
    • It was a sickener, but it shows that if you can just get in the play-offs you never know what could happen.
    • We've been working towards it for the whole year and especially after the sickener of losing last year.
    • ‘To come in at full-time and find we had gone bottom of the league was a real sickener,’ said the veteran striker.
    • ‘I was pleased with the performance but the result is a bit of a sickener when it was us who created most of the chances in the game,’ said the manager of the team.
    • It ended a run of 14 games unbeaten and it was a sickener to concede in injury time of both halves.
    • Saturday's result was a real sickener for Barrow who believed Swansea's early goal proved crucial.
    • Rewinding some paragraphs post-appreciation, one can almost believe Kinsella's one-sheet sickener.
    • But to concede again straight away was a sickener.
    • We have done wonders to get to host the conference and it would be a real sickener if financial problems wreck all the hard work.
    • It is a real sickener and it has taken the shine off the result.
    • I'm just glad there was nothing riding on the game, otherwise that would have been a real sickener.
    • The real sickener about the situation is that she recently changed insurance companies.
    • But after coaching the Bolton-based lightweight since he was 11 it's a real sickener for him not to see the job through on the biggest stage in the world.
    • Mr Rothwell added: ‘It's a real sickener and I would appeal to the thieves to at least give us back the things which are clearly of no use to them, or to anyone else.’
  • 2the sickenerA poisonous toadstool with a red cap and a white or cream-colored stem and gills, found commonly in both Eurasia and North America.

    Genus Russula, family Russulaceae, class Hymenomycetes, in particular R. emetica

 
 
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