sickly
- IPA[ˈsiklē]
美式
- often ill; in poor health；(of a person's complexion or expression) indicative of poor health
- 釋義
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形容詞
- 1. often ill; in poor health she was a thin, sickly child 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of a person's complexion or expression) indicative of poor health his usual sickly pallor 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ literary (of a place, climate, or time) causing or characterized by unhealthiness a deep sickly vaporous swamp
- 2. (of a flavor, smell, color, or light) so unpleasant as to induce discomfort or nausea the walls were painted a sickly green she liked her coffee sweet and sickly 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ excessively sentimental or mawkish a sickly fable of delicate young lovers 同義詞
- excessively or unpleasantly sweet: sickly-sweet marshmallow
Oxford American Dictionary
- excessively or unpleasantly sweet: sickly-sweet candy-floss
Oxford Dictionary
- appearing ill and weak: a sickly-looking, skeletal boy
Oxford Dictionary
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