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morning sickness

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Illness & disability, Birth
ˈmorning ˌsickness noun [uncountable]  MIMBa feeling of sickness that some women have during the morning when they are pregnant, usually in the early months 〔一般在怀孕初期的〕晨吐
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morning sicknessThalidomide, the drug prescribed in the Fifties for morning sickness, is the most infamous example.Well, as Faye told you over lunch, she feels that her morning sickness is beginning to taper off.No mere morning sickness this, but gripping, round-the-clock, horrible nausea.No morning sickness, no backache, no obscure cravings.The bulimia, the morning sickness, her collapsing marriage and her jealousy of Camilla conspired to make her life intolerable.
ˈmorning ˌsickness nounChineseSyllable
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morning sickness
ˈmorning ˌsickness noun [uncountable]
a feeling of sickness that some women have during the morning when they are pregnant, usually in the early months


morning sicknessBrE /ˈmɔːnɪŋ sɪknəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ sɪknəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the need to vomit that some women feel, often only in the morning, when they are pregnant, especially in the first months 早孕反应;(孕妇)晨吐

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