| 单词 | collywobbles |
| 释义 | collywobbles (once / 472773 pages) n If you have a case of the collywobbles, then chances are you should stay home and close to the bathroom. Collywobbles is severe gastroenteritis that may send your lunch on a rocky round trip through your digestive system. Many common illnesses have the look of a plural but the behavior of a singular (mumps, measles, hives) and collywobbles follows the pattern. The OED describes the origin of the word as a 'fantastic formation' of colic and wobble. That would be fantastic not in the "incredibly wonderful" sense but in the "based on fantasy" sense. WORD FAMILYcollywobbles USAGE EXAMPLESWith British politics suffering a bout of the collywobbles, we needed a statesman to bring some stability to proceedings. Wall Street Journal(Jun 24, 2016) There have been suggestions having many different rates for child benefit would give government computers the collywobbles. BBC(Feb 04, 2016) There may be little to give you the collywobbles, but there’s quite a lot to enjoy, with Ms. Morton heading the list. New York Times(Apr 09, 2015) n severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea Syn|Hyper cholera morbus gastroenteritis, intestinal flu, stomach flu inflammation of the stomach and intestines; can be caused by Salmonella enteritidis |
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