sicken
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++sick·en /ˈsɪkən/ verb 1 [transitive]DISGUSTING to make you feel shocked and angry, especially because you strongly disapprove of something 使震怒，使愤慨，使厌恶 SYN disgust The thought of such cruelty sickened her. 想到如此残忍的行为，她就很愤慨。 All decent people should be sickened by such a pointless waste of life. 凡正派的人都会痛恨这样无谓地浪费生命。2 [intransitive] old-fashionedILL to gradually become very ill 慢慢病倒 The older people just sickened and died as food supplies ran low. 食物供应不足，年纪较大的人就慢慢病倒死去了。3 be sickening for something phrasal verb British English ILLto be starting to have an illness 开始生…病，有生…病的症状 Perhaps you’re sickening for something. 也许你是生什么病了。4 sicken of something phrasal verb FED UPto lose your desire for something or your interest in it 对…感到厌烦，对…失去兴趣 He finally sickened of the endless round of parties and idle conversation. 他终于厌倦了那些没完没了的聚会和无聊的谈话。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
sicken• Many of our people sickened and died, and we buried them in this strange land.• "Some of the recent attacks on horses in this area are enough to sicken anyone, " a police spokesman said.• They tell me their communities are sickened by this latest outrage.• The smell of the blood sickened her and she ran out of the room.• It sickened her that she could have made love with Tom and be able to remember nothing of it.• The stench of blood and waste sickened him.• A gas attack in the main train station sickened hundreds of people.• I had heard them complaining of how nauseated they felt, how the very thought of food sickened them.sick·en verbChineseSyllable
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sicken
sick‧en /ˈsɪkən/
verb
SYN disgust:
The thought of such cruelty sickened her.
All decent people should be sickened by such a pointless waste of life.
2. [intransitive] old-fashioned to gradually become very ill:
The older people just sickened and died as food supplies ran low.
be sickening for something phrasal verb British English
to be starting to have an illness:
Perhaps you’re sickening for something.
sicken of something phrasal verb
to lose your desire for something or your interest in it:
He finally sickened of the endless round of parties and idle conversation.
sick‧en /ˈsɪkən/
verb Word Family: noun: sick, the sick, sickness, sicko; adjective: sick, sickening, sickly; adverb: sickeningly, sickly; verb: sicken
1. [transitive] to make you feel shocked and angry, especially because you strongly disapprove of something SYN disgust:
2. [intransitive] old-fashioned to gradually become very ill:
be sickening for something phrasal verb British English
to be starting to have an illness:
sicken of something phrasal verb
to lose your desire for something or your interest in it: