ailing 音標拼音: ['elɪŋ]
a . 生病的
生病的
ailing adj 1 :
somewhat ill or prone to illness ; "
my poor ailing grandmother "; "
feeling a bit indisposed today "; "
you look a little peaked "; "
feeling poorly "; "
a sickly child "; "
is unwell and can '
t come to work " [
synonym : {
ailing },
{
indisposed }, {
peaked (
p )}, {
poorly (
p )}, {
sickly },
{
unwell }, {
under the weather }, {
seedy }]
Ail \
Ail \ ([=
a ]
l ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Ailed } ([=
a ]
ld );
p .
pr .
&
vb .
n . {
Ailing }.] [
OE .
eilen ,
ailen ,
AS .
eglan to trouble ,
pain ;
akin to Goth .
us -
agljan to distress ,
agls troublesome ,
irksome ,
aglo ,
aglitha ,
pain ,
and prob .
to E .
awe . [
root ]
3 .]
To affect with pain or uneasiness ,
either physical or mental ;
to trouble ;
to be the matter with ; --
used to express some uneasiness or affection ,
whose cause is unknown ;
as ,
what ails the man ?
I know not what ails him .
[
1913 Webster ]
What aileth thee ,
Hagar ? --
Gen .
xxi .
17 .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
It is never used to express a specific disease .
We do not say ,
a fever ails him ;
but ,
something ails him .
[
1913 Webster ]
ailing \
ailing \
adj .
sick ;
unhealthy .
Opposite of {
well }
or {
healthy }.
Syn :
indisposed ,
peaked (
predicate ),
poorly (
predicate ),
sickly ,
unwell .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
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