- sick和ill的比较:两者意思相近,前者常指遭受某种身体上的不适,后者表示不舒服的。英国人习惯将sick用作定语,修饰名词,如sickchild。而ill则常被用作定语,去修饰动词。
George didn't come in last week because he was ill.
- besick作“呕吐的”解。 fallsick作“患病”解;
I was sick three times in the night.
我一晚上呕吐了三次。
- 在美式英语里,通常将sick用在身体某部分的名称前面,如sickkidneys,sicknerves和sickhair;
- sick可表示“渴望……的”,而sickof则表示“对……感到厌倦的”。
Allen has got sick of city life,and is now sick for his home in the country.
- 在现代英语里,sick与with连用,后面加病名,而不用介词of,如:sickwith feversick;
- asickchild指“一个有病的孩子”,但只是暂时或经常有病的,如a littlesickchild是“经常有病的”,而asicklittle child是“暂时有病的”。不同的是,asickly child指“一个多病的孩子”,表示很容易生病。