| 单词 |
sea-sick |
| 释义 |
ˈsea-sick, a.
1. a. Suffering from sea-sickness. Chiefly pred.
a1566R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1908) B ij b, I am euen yet so Seasicke that I faynt as I go. 1611Shakes. Wint. T. v. ii. 128 The Shepherds Daughter..who began to be much Sea-sick. 1701Farquhar Sir H. Wildair iv. i, Look ye, Captain, I shall be Sea-Sick presently. 1819Byron Juan ii. xix, Here the ship gave a lurch, and he grew sea-sick. 1836Miss Maitland Lett. fr. Madras (1843) 8 Towards evening, like all other sea-sick people, I grow very brisk. 1883F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius vii. 109 [He] would..make his rounds to see that every one was all right and nobody sea-sick.
fig.a1627Middleton Wom. beware Wom. ii. ii, Her tender modesty is sea-sick a little.
b. sea-sick medicine, sea-sick pill, sea-sick tablet, a preparation taken to counter sea-sickness.
1925E. H. Young William iii. 29 Mother's going to give us some sea-sick medicine before we start. 1951N. Mitford Blessing ii. xii. 268 The stewardess..stood over her with a bottle of sea-sick tablets. 1959‘M. M. Kaye’ House of Shade iii. 38 He..had made her take several seasick pills. 1969G. M. Brown Orkney Tapestry i. 17 In Scrabster they sip brandy or swallow sea-sick tablets. 1972W. Ellis Knife Edge ii. 20 Seasick pills. We must get some before we set off.
†2. Tired or weary of travelling by sea. Obs.
1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. v. iii. 118 Come vnsauory guide, Thou desperate Pilot, now at once run on The dashing Rocks, thy Sea-sicke wearie Barke.
3. nonce-use [after home-sick]. Longing for the sea.
1826Miss Mitford Village Ser. ii. 112 She..pined for the water, and was,..in a new sense of the word, sea-sick. |
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