fatigue
- IPA[fəˈtēɡ]
美式
- extreme tiredness resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness；a reduction in the efficiency of a muscle or organ after prolonged activity
- cause (someone) to feel tired or exhausted；reduce the efficiency of (a muscle or organ) by prolonged activity
verb: fatigue, 3rd person present: fatigues, gerund or present participle: fatiguing, past tense: fatigued, past participle: fatigued
noun: fatigue, plural noun: fatigues
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. extreme tiredness resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness he was nearly dead with fatigue 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ a reduction in the efficiency of a muscle or organ after prolonged activity buccinator and orbicularis oris muscles showing signs of fatigue
- ▪ a lessening in one's response to or enthusiasm for something, typically as a result of overexposure to it museum fatigue
- 2. weakness in materials, especially metal, caused by repeated variations of stress metal fatigue
- 3. menial non-military tasks performed by a soldier, sometimes as a punishment we're on cookhouse fatigues, sir 同義詞
- ▪ a group of soldiers ordered to perform menial, nonmilitary tasks, sometimes as a punishment.
- 4. loose-fitting clothing, typically khaki, olive drab, or camouflaged, worn by soldiers battle fatigues 同義詞
動詞
- 1. cause (someone) to feel tired or exhausted they were fatigued by their journey
- ▪ reduce the efficiency of (a muscle or organ) by prolonged activity different sensory fibers within the normal retina could be selectively fatigued
- 2. weaken (a material, especially metal) by repeated variations of stress the nails have become rusted through or fatigued
