英语词汇“sickly”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sickly

/ˈsɪkli

adjective (sicklier, sickliest)

1Often ill; in poor health: she was a thin, sickly child...

The predator weeds out the weak and the sickly (those incapable of participation).
In history books, one can find descriptions of this Bulgarian king as ‘weak, sickly, meek and a poor statesman’.
King was a sickly child, once bedridden for a year, and at the age of four he one day returned home silently after playing with a friend and crawled into bed.

Synonyms

unhealthy, in poor health, chronically ill, often ill, always ill;

delicate, frail, weak, feeble, puny

1.1(Of a person’s complexion or expression) indicative of poor health: his usual sickly pallor...

If there was anything to be salvaged from the situation, it might've been said to have been worth it for the sickly expression on Rupert's face.
Not only that, but his formerly vibrant face was now marred by a sickly pallor and shadows under his eyes.
Her sun baked skin had deteriorated to a grey, sickly pallor and her eyes had lost its bright sparkle.

Synonyms

pale, wan, pasty, colourless, sallow, pallid, white, waxen, ashen;

ashen-faced, anaemic, bloodless, peaky, peakish, languid, listless, washed out

informal like death warmed up

Scottish informal peely-wally

rare etiolated, lymphatic

1.2 literary (Of a place or climate) causing or characterized by unhealthiness: a sickly vaporous swamp...

The only sort of eye to be found in Dunham's paintings puts in an appearance in Beautiful Dirt Valley: the disembodied eye of heaven hovering in a sickly sky.
Aaron went back to his sickly field and farmhouse.
The yellow street lights caused the world to glow sickly as he moved through the downtown South District.

2(Of a flavour, smell, colour, etc.) unpleasant in a way that induces discomfort or nausea: the walls were painted a sickly green she liked her coffee sweet and sickly...

The walls were the same sickly colour, the smell was the same of dense human aromas, and my feelings of determination and acceptance were one and the same.
I entered the school and was met by the sweet, sickly smell of flowers and the dead.
The atmosphere seemed stifling, the sweet, sickly smell in the air was unbearable.

Synonyms

bilious, nauseating, distasteful, unattractive;

lurid, garish, loud, violent

2.1Excessively sentimental or mawkish: a sickly fable of delicate young lovers...

Your Silent Nights and Joy to the Worlds manage to be special and festive without first being coated with a cubic kilometre of sickly sentimentality.
Those with an aversion to sickly sentiment should look away now.
It displays the essence of Chopin's music that surely Fokine desired and rescues it from the sickly sentiment and yards of tulle that Les Sylphides usually heralds.

Synonyms

sentimental, over-sentimental, overemotional, mawkish, cloying, sugary, syrupy, saccharine, sickening, nauseating, maudlin, lachrymose, banal, trite;

British twee

informal mushy, slushy, sloppy, schmaltzy, weepy, cutesy, lovey-dovey, gooey, drippy, sloshy, soupy, treacly, cheesy, corny, icky, sick-making, toe-curling

British informal soppy

North American informal cornball, sappy, hokey, three-hanky

Derivatives

sickliness

/ˈsɪklɪnəs/ noun ...

What is inherited is not the sickness but sickliness: the lack of strength to resist the danger of infections, etc., the broken resistance; morally speaking, resignation and meekness in face of the enemy.
Loving my children seemed to solve any problem they had - even discovering Kyle had cystic fibrosis at the age of seven - this was the reason for his low weight and sickliness as a baby.
It was well worth venturing out in spite of my lingering sickliness.

Origin

Late Middle English: probably suggested by Old Norse sjúkligr.

单词	sickly
释义	sickly /ˈsɪkli / adjective (sicklier, sickliest) 1Often ill; in poor health: she was a thin, sickly child... The predator weeds out the weak and the sickly (those incapable of participation). In history books, one can find descriptions of this Bulgarian king as ‘weak, sickly, meek and a poor statesman’. King was a sickly child, once bedridden for a year, and at the age of four he one day returned home silently after playing with a friend and crawled into bed. Synonyms unhealthy, in poor health, chronically ill, often ill, always ill; delicate, frail, weak, feeble, puny 1.1(Of a person’s complexion or expression) indicative of poor health: his usual sickly pallor... If there was anything to be salvaged from the situation, it might've been said to have been worth it for the sickly expression on Rupert's face. Not only that, but his formerly vibrant face was now marred by a sickly pallor and shadows under his eyes. Her sun baked skin had deteriorated to a grey, sickly pallor and her eyes had lost its bright sparkle. Synonyms pale, wan, pasty, colourless, sallow, pallid, white, waxen, ashen; ashen-faced, anaemic, bloodless, peaky, peakish, languid, listless, washed out informal like death warmed up Scottish informal peely-wally rare etiolated, lymphatic 1.2 literary (Of a place or climate) causing or characterized by unhealthiness: a sickly vaporous swamp... The only sort of eye to be found in Dunham's paintings puts in an appearance in Beautiful Dirt Valley: the disembodied eye of heaven hovering in a sickly sky. Aaron went back to his sickly field and farmhouse. The yellow street lights caused the world to glow sickly as he moved through the downtown South District. 2(Of a flavour, smell, colour, etc.) unpleasant in a way that induces discomfort or nausea: the walls were painted a sickly green she liked her coffee sweet and sickly... The walls were the same sickly colour, the smell was the same of dense human aromas, and my feelings of determination and acceptance were one and the same. I entered the school and was met by the sweet, sickly smell of flowers and the dead. The atmosphere seemed stifling, the sweet, sickly smell in the air was unbearable. Synonyms bilious, nauseating, distasteful, unattractive; lurid, garish, loud, violent 2.1Excessively sentimental or mawkish: a sickly fable of delicate young lovers... Your Silent Nights and Joy to the Worlds manage to be special and festive without first being coated with a cubic kilometre of sickly sentimentality. Those with an aversion to sickly sentiment should look away now. It displays the essence of Chopin's music that surely Fokine desired and rescues it from the sickly sentiment and yards of tulle that Les Sylphides usually heralds. Synonyms sentimental, over-sentimental, overemotional, mawkish, cloying, sugary, syrupy, saccharine, sickening, nauseating, maudlin, lachrymose, banal, trite; British twee informal mushy, slushy, sloppy, schmaltzy, weepy, cutesy, lovey-dovey, gooey, drippy, sloshy, soupy, treacly, cheesy, corny, icky, sick-making, toe-curling British informal soppy North American informal cornball, sappy, hokey, three-hanky Derivatives sickliness /ˈsɪklɪnəs/ noun ... What is inherited is not the sickness but sickliness: the lack of strength to resist the danger of infections, etc., the broken resistance; morally speaking, resignation and meekness in face of the enemy. Loving my children seemed to solve any problem they had - even discovering Kyle had cystic fibrosis at the age of seven - this was the reason for his low weight and sickliness as a baby. It was well worth venturing out in spite of my lingering sickliness. Origin Late Middle English: probably suggested by Old Norse sjúkligr. Rhymes prickly
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