sickly

• adj. 有病的，蒼白的；疾病流行的；令人作嘔的
• adv. 病態(tài)地
• vt. 使蒼白，使現(xiàn)病容

sick,生病的，-ly,形容詞后綴。

sickly (adj.)

late 14c., "ill, invalid, habitually ailing," from sick (adj.) + -ly (1). Meaning "causing sickness" in any sense is from c. 1600. Related: Sickliness.

1. Wallpapers for children too often come only in sickly pastel shades.

給孩子們用的墻紙往往顏色蒼白暗淡。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He was a sickly child.

他是個愛鬧病的孩子。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. He had a sickly green pallor.

他臉色青白,帶有病容.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. It gave off a sickly, oily smell, as of Chinese ricespirit.

這酒一股子油味兒, 直叫人惡心,活像中國的黃酒.

來自英漢文學(xué)

5. He climbed into the conning tower, his eyes haunted and sickly bright.

他爬上司令塔, 兩眼象見鬼似的亮得近乎病態(tài).

來自辭典例句