c. 1200, "to become ill," from sick (adj.) + -en (1). Transitive sense of "to make sick" is recorded from 1610s. Related: Sickened; sickening. The earlier verb was simply sick (Old English seocan) "to be ill, fall ill."
1. The animal began to sicken and soon died.
这只动物患了病很快就死了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. Only Mother Shipton - once the strongest of the party - seemed to sicken and fade.
只有席蒲顿妈妈 — 以前是他们中最坚强的 — 似乎虚弱、憔悴.
来自辞典例句
3. Fitzpiers had hardly been gone an hour when Grace began to sicken.
菲茨比尔斯走后几乎不到一个小时,格雷丝就开始发病了.
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4. I began to sicken of the endless violence shown on television.
c. 1200, "to become ill," from sick (adj.) + -en (1). Transitive sense of "to make sick" is recorded from 1610s. Related: Sickened; sickening. The earlier verb was simply sick (Old English seocan) "to be ill, fall ill."
双语例句
1. The animal began to sicken and soon died.
这只动物患了病很快就死了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. Only Mother Shipton - once the strongest of the party - seemed to sicken and fade.
只有席蒲顿妈妈 — 以前是他们中最坚强的 — 似乎虚弱、憔悴.
来自辞典例句
3. Fitzpiers had hardly been gone an hour when Grace began to sicken.
菲茨比尔斯走后几乎不到一个小时,格雷丝就开始发病了.
来自辞典例句
4. I began to sicken of the endless violence shown on television.