单词 | sickly |
释义 | sickly adj. (sicklier, sickliest)   1. a of weak health; apt to be ill. b (of a person's complexion, look, etc.) languid, faint, or pale, suggesting sickness (a sickly smile). c (of light or colour) faint, pale, feeble.   2. causing ill health (a sickly climate).   3. (of a book etc.) sentimental or mawkish.   4. inducing or connected with nausea (a sickly taste).   5. (of a colour etc.) of an unpleasant shade inducing nausea (a sickly green). Derivatives sickliness n. Etymology: ME, prob. after ON sjukligr (as SICK(1)) |
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