Word · Frequency #13983
sickly
有点生病；体弱多病的
核心释义
somewhat ill or prone to illness
- 1.
看起来不健康
unhealthy looking
- 2.
有点生病或容易生病
somewhat ill or prone to illness
病恹恹的；面有病容的；看起来不健康；有点生病或容易生病；病弱的；令人不快的
用法In use
The plant in the corner looks sickly because it doesn't get enough sunlight.
用法提示：sickly 作形容词，表示‘病恹恹的、不健康的’，这里描述植物缺乏生机。
After the long winter, the old cat became sicklier and slept most of the day.
用法提示：sicklier 是 sickly 的比较级，强调健康状况变得更差。
He gave a sickly smile and said he was fine, but we could see he needed rest.
用法提示：sickly 修饰 smile，表示‘病恹恹的、无力的’，体现不健康的状态。
a sickly child
a sickly + noun
He was a sickly child.
他是个病弱的孩子。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- sickly child
- 体弱多病的孩子
- The sickly child missed many days of school because of frequent colds.那个体弱多病的孩子因为经常感冒而缺了很多天课。
- sickly complexion
- 不健康的肤色；病容
- His sickly complexion worried his mother.他不健康的肤色让母亲很担心。
- sickly look
- 病容；不健康的样子
- After the long illness, she still had a sickly look.久病之后，她仍然一脸病容。
- sickly constitution
- 虚弱的体质；多病的身体
- A sickly constitution made him prone to infections.虚弱的体质使他容易感染。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
sickly以sick（生病）开头，记住一个病恹恹、脸色苍白的人，就是sickly。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：describing a person's health、describing physical appearance sickly 是常用形容词，通常形容人看起来不健康、面色差或容易生病。语气比较中性，在口语和书面描述中都比较常见，没有明显的正式或随意色彩。
语法说明Grammar Note
通常用于描述人、植物或外观，不用于描述具体疾病。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
与 sickly (/ˈsɪkli/) 完全押韵的词：quickly (/ˈkwɪkli/)、thickly (/ˈθɪkli/)、slickly (/ˈslɪkli/)、prickly (/ˈprɪkli/)，它们都以 /ɪkli/ 结尾。注意拼写为 -ckly。sticky (/ˈstɪki/) 虽然拼写相近（-cky），但发音为 /ˈstɪki/，没有 /l/ 音，不押韵。briskly (/ˈbrɪskli/) 拼作 -skly，发音中多了一个 /s/，也不押韵。不要仅凭拼写判断发音。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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