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colic

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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col·ic /ˈkɒlɪk $ ˈkɑː-/ noun [uncountable]  if a baby has colic, it has severe pain in its stomach and bowels 〔婴儿的〕胃绞痛,急性腹痛colicky adjective
Examples from the Corpus
colicAt the same time they were renovating their new home-and the baby had colic.The baby never has colic, thrush, diaper rash, infant acne, or cradle cap.Over the next week his medical interest was engaged by reading the passages from the baby book on colic.
Origin colic (1400-1500) French colique, from Latin colicus colicky, from Greek, from kolon; → COLON
col·ic nounChineseSyllable
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colic
colic /ˈkɒlɪk $ ˈkɑː-/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: French
 Origin: colique, from Latin colicus 'colicky', from Greek, from kolon; colon
if a baby has colic, it has severe pain in its stomach and bowels
—colicky adjective


colicBrE /ˈkɒlɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɑːlɪk/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] severe pain in the stomach and bowels, suffered especially by babies (尤指婴儿的)急性腹痛,腹绞痛 col·icky BrE /ˈkɒlɪki/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɑːlɪki/ 🔊 adjective