| 单词 | be sick |
| 释义 | be sick [intransitive] (especially bre) to vomit呕；吐；呕吐◆i was sick three times in the night.夜里我呕吐了三次。◆she had been violently sick.她一直呕吐得很厉害。◆i think i'm going to be sick.我觉得自己快要吐了。ⓘ be sick is the normal word for 'vomit' in british english, especially in spoken and more informal written contexts. it is less frequent in american english, where vomit is used in writing and more formal spoken contexts, and the more informal throw up is used in speech. however, be sick is sometimes used in american english as a gentler way of saying 'vomit' or 'throw up'.在英式英语中常用 be sick 表示“呕吐”，尤用于口语和不太正式的书面语。在美式英语中该词不太常用，在书面语或较正式的口语中要用 vomit，在一般口语中则用不太正式的 throw up。不过，美式英语中有时会用 be sick 作为 vomit 或 throw up 的较文雅的说法。 ➡ see also sick → sick 2 ▸ sick noun [uncountable] (bre, informal) ◆there was a pool of sick on the carpet.地毯上有一滩呕吐物。 |
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