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单词 sick
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sickadjective

uk/sɪk/us/sɪk/

sick adjective (ILL)

A2 physically or mentally ill; not well or healthy:

a sick child
a sick cow
My father has been off sick (= not working because of illness) for a long time.
Anyone who could hurt a child like that must be sick (= mentally ill).
The old woman fell/took/was taken sick (= became ill) while she was away and had to come home.
Sarah called in/reported sick (= told her employer that she was unable to go to work because of illness).
figurative High rates of crime are considered by some people to be a sign of a sick society.
See also
heartsick
homesick
lovesick

More examples

  • Her new film deals with the relationship between a woman and her sick daughter.
  • The new president said she would dedicate herself to protecting the rights of the old, the sick, and the homeless.
  • In his speech, he dwelt on the plight of the sick and the hungry.
  • He had the furred tongue of a sick man.
  • I spent most of the morning ministering to my sick husband.

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Not fit & healthy

  • bedridden
  • critical list
  • crook
  • danger list
  • dehydrated
  • emaciated
  • far gone
  • frailty
  • groggy
  • ill
  • infirmity
  • insufficiency
  • knock
  • malaise
  • not agree with sb idiom
  • off-colour
  • organic
  • relapse
  • shadow
  • starved

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sick adjective (VOMIT)

A2 [ after verb ] feeling ill as if you are going to vomit:

Lucy felt sick the morning after the party.
If you eat any more of that cake, you'll make yourself sick.
See also
airsick
carsick
seasick
be sick

B1 to vomit:

She was sick after she ate too much chocolate.

More examples

  • We had a really rough crossing - I was sick three times.
  • I ate so much of it one day I was sick and that cured me of my addiction.
  • Tell me if you start to feel sick, all right?
  • If he eats anything with wheat in it he's very sick.
  • Just looking at a picture of the sea is guaranteed to make me feel sick.

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Vomiting & feelings of sickness

  • barf
  • bring
  • bring sth up
  • churn
  • disgorge
  • gag
  • honk
  • morning sickness
  • motion sickness
  • regurgitate
  • repeat
  • retch
  • sick as a dog idiom
  • sick sth up
  • spew
  • spit
  • spit (sth) up
  • throw
  • throw (sth) up
  • turn sb's stomach idiom

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sick adjective (UNPLEASANT)

B2 [ after verb ] informal feeling strong unpleasant emotions, especially anger or disgust:

I'm sick at (= unhappy about) not getting that job.
It makes me sick (= makes me very angry) to see people wearing fur coats.
UK informal It's sick-making (= very annoying) that she's being paid so much for doing so little.
I'm sick (and tired/to death) of (= very annoyed about) the way you're behaving.
She was worried sick (= very worried) when her daughter didn't come home on time.
I felt sick (= felt shocked and disgusted) when I heard about the prisoners being beaten.

[ after verb ] informal cruel or offensive:

Joan was not amused by the sick joke her brother told.

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Inspiring dislike

  • aversive
  • disgust
  • gross
  • gross sb out
  • gross-out
  • ick
  • it makes me (want to) puke idiom
  • puke
  • repel
  • repulse
  • revolt

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Serious and unpleasant
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
Rude and cheeky
Making people sad, shocked and upset

sick adjective (GOOD)

slang very good, excellent:

snowboarders doing sick tricks

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Extremely good

  • admirable
  • amazing
  • ask for sb/sth
  • award-winning
  • awesome
  • bowl
  • brilliant
  • incomparable
  • incredible
  • inspired
  • irreplaceable
  • life is just a bowl of cherries idiom
  • outstanding
  • parallel
  • sterling
  • superb
  • superlatively
  • supremacy
  • supreme
  • terrific

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Idiom(s)

sick as a dog
sick as a parrot
sick at heart
sick to your stomach

sicknoun

uk/sɪk/us/sɪk/

sick noun (ILL)

the sick [ plural ]

people who are ill:

It's better for the sick to be cared for at home rather than in hospital.

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Medical treatment: people who receive medical treatment

  • admission
  • asthmatic
  • case
  • casualty
  • convalescent
  • day patient
  • donor
  • dying
  • epileptic
  • geriatric
  • injured
  • inpatient
  • invalid 1
  • outpatient
  • patient
  • PWA
  • sufferer
  • under
  • victim
  • wounded

sick noun (VOMIT)

[ U ] UK informal vomit:

a pool of sick on the floor

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Vomiting & feelings of sickness

  • barf
  • bring
  • bring sth up
  • churn
  • disgorge
  • gag
  • honk
  • morning sickness
  • motion sickness
  • regurgitate
  • repeat
  • retch
  • sick as a dog idiom
  • sick sth up
  • spew
  • spit
  • spit (sth) up
  • throw
  • throw (sth) up
  • turn sb's stomach idiom

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