| 单词 | queasy |
| 释义 | queasy (once / 15635 pages) adj Queasy describes a feeling of nervousness, uneasiness, or anxiety. If you're queasy about making a speech in front of the entire high school, you have a feeling that it won't go well. Queasy can also mean feeling sick to your stomach. If you eat a sandwich made of turkey that expired two months ago, you'll likely feel queasy and throw up. If you feel queasy during a flight, both meanings of the word can apply: you may be queasy — as in anxious — because you're afraid of flying. And you may also be queasy — as in sick to your stomach — as a result of the air turbulence. WORD FAMILYqueasy: queasier, queasiest, queasily, queasiness USAGE EXAMPLESAccording to Almond, “The queasy irony here is that Stewart and Colbert are parasites of the dysfunction they mock.” Salon(Dec 31, 2016) Hence the queasy sensation the ground was falling away. The Guardian(Dec 16, 2016) Her work induces cringes, queasy laughter and sighs of every stripe — pain, shame, outrage. Los Angeles Times(Nov 28, 2016) 1adj causing or able to cause nausea Syn loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, offensive, sickening, vile unwholesome detrimental to physical or moral well-being 2adj feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit Syn nauseated, nauseous, sick, sickish ill, sick affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function 3adj causing or fraught with or showing anxiety Syn anxious, nervous, uneasy, unquiet troubled characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need |
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