sickly
sickly — 形容詞
- sicklypositive
- sickliercomparative
- sickliestsuperlative
1. A sickly person, animal, or plant is weak, does not enjoy good health, and catch
體弱多病
身體虛弱、經常生病
A sickly person, animal, or plant is weak, does not enjoy good health, and catches illnesses more easily than others.
The sickly puppy needed special food from the vet to grow strong.
那隻體弱的小狗需要獸醫提供的特殊食物才能長得強壯。
Marta had been a sickly child, but after years of exercise outdoors she became much healthier.
Marta 小時候是個多病的孩子，但經過多年戶外運動後，她健康了許多。
sickly child — describes chronic tendency, not a single illness
The old tree in the park looked sickly, with thin branches and barely any leaves.
公園裡那棵老樹看起來很虛弱，樹枝細細的，葉子幾乎沒有。
Reema cared for her sickly grandmother, bringing her soup and medicine every evening.
Reema 照顧她體弱的祖母，每天晚上為她送湯和藥。
Sickly plants need more sunlight and less water if they are to recover their strength.
虛弱的植物需要更多陽光和更少水分才能恢復元氣。
文法句型
be sickly
look sickly
用法筆記
Describes a long-term tendency rather than a temporary illness. Use 'sick' or 'ill' for a short-term condition.
常見錯誤
2. When a smell or taste is sickly, it causes a mild feeling of nausea — for exampl
令人作嘔的
氣味或味道讓人感到反胃
When a smell or taste is sickly, it causes a mild feeling of nausea — for example, because the odour is overly sweet, stale, or strong enough to make you uncomfortable.
A sickly sweet smell of rotting fruit filled the hot kitchen, making Tariq feel unwell.
一陣甜膩的腐爛水果味充滿了悶熱的廚房，讓 Tariq 感到很不舒服。
sickly sweet — common collocation for overly sweet smells or tastes
The cheap perfume had a sickly, cloying scent that gave Iris a headache.
那瓶廉價香水有一股甜得發膩的氣味，讓 Iris 頭痛。
After the party, the stale beer and cigarette smoke created a sickly atmosphere in the room.
派對結束後，變質的啤酒和煙味讓房間裡瀰漫著一股令人作嘔的氣味。
The sauce was so sickly that Minho ate only two spoonfuls before pushing the plate away.
醬汁甜得讓 Minho 只吃了兩匙就把盤子推開了。
A sickly odour of boiled cabbage drifted from the cafeteria into the hallway.
一股高麗菜水煮的難聞氣味從餐廳飄到走廊上。
- nauseating
Stronger than sickly; makes you actively want to vomit
- cloying
Specifically for sweetness that becomes unpleasant after a short time
- sickening
Can be physical or moral disgust, broader than sickly
- fresh
Clean, pleasant, and invigorating
- refreshing
Restoring energy rather than causing nausea
文法句型
be sickly sweet
sickly smell/taste
用法筆記
Commonly used with smell, taste, or sweetness words: sickly smell / sickly sweet / sickly odour. The feeling is mild nausea rather than strong vomiting.
常見錯誤
3. Emotions, writing, or behaviour described as sickly are too sentimental or emoti
濫情的
過度煽情而令人不悅
Emotions, writing, or behaviour described as sickly are too sentimental or emotional in a way that feels unpleasant, embarrassing, or insincere.
Mira found the film's sickly love scenes embarrassing and looked away from the screen.
Mira 覺得電影裡那些濫情的愛情場面很尷尬，把目光移開了螢幕。
The card was filled with sickly poetry about eternal love that felt completely insincere.
那張卡片裡寫滿了關於永恆愛情的濫情詩句，讓人覺得完全不真誠。
Critics called the novel's ending sickly, saying it forced emotions the story had not earned.
評論家們說這部小說的結局太過煽情，硬塞進故事不曾鋪墊的情感。
Feng hated the sickly decorations in the gift shop, with pink ribbons and fake hearts everywhere.
Feng 討厭那家禮品店裡濫情的裝飾，到處都是粉紅緞帶和假愛心。
The funeral speaker's sickly praise made several relatives roll their eyes and whisper.
喪禮致詞者那些濫情的讚美讓好幾位親友翻白眼並低聲交談了起來。
- mawkish
More formal; describes people who show emotion in a way that seems weak or fake
- cloying
Overly sweet in a way that becomes unpleasant
- sentimental
Less negative than sickly; can be neutral or even affectionate
- restrained
Showing emotion in a controlled, appropriate way
- understated
Expressed simply without exaggerated emotion
文法句型
sickly sentimentality
sickly praise
用法筆記
Always negative. Describes films, books, music, speech, or decorations that try too hard to be touching and end up feeling false or embarrassing.
sickly — 副詞
1. Done in a manner that shows poor health or suggests illness, often by looking pa
病態地
以一種顯示疾病或虛弱的方式
Done in a manner that shows poor health or suggests illness, often by looking pale, weak, or uncomfortable.
Putri smiled sickly and told everyone she felt fine, though her face was very pale.
Putri 病態地笑了笑，告訴大家她沒事，但她的臉色非常蒼白。
smiled sickly — adverb modifying an action verb
The patient lay sickly in the hospital bed, unable to lift his head from the pillow.
病人病弱地躺在醫院的床上，連從枕頭上抬起頭的力氣都沒有。
Adisa coughed sickly and reached for the glass of water on the bedside table.
Adisa 病弱地咳了幾聲，伸手去拿床頭櫃上的水杯。
A single lamp glowed sickly in the corner, casting weak shadows across the dusty room.
角落裡一盞燈發出昏黃陰暗的光，在灰塵滿布的房間投下淡淡的影子。
- healthily
In a strong, vigorous way
文法句型
smiled sickly
lay sickly
sickly — 動詞
- sicklypresent simple I / you / we / they
- sicklies3rd person singular
- sicklying-ing form
- sickliedpast simple
1. To make a person, animal, or plant become sick or weak, usually by exposing them
使生病
使…變得虛弱或生病
To make a person, animal, or plant become sick or weak, usually by exposing them to something harmful over a period of time.
Living near the polluted river sicklied the whole village over several generations.
住在受污染的河邊，好幾代人下來使整個村莊的人都變得體弱多病。
rare verb — past tense 'sicklied'
Even a healthy person can be sicklied by eating too much rich food every single day.
即使是健康的人，每天吃太多油膩食物也可能變得體弱多病。
The damp walls of the basement sicklied the stored vegetables within a few weeks.
地下室的潮濕牆壁在幾週內就讓儲存的蔬菜腐爛了。
The constant noise and lack of sleep sicklied the refugees who lived near the railway line.
持續不斷的噪音和缺乏睡眠，讓住在鐵路線附近的難民一個個都變得體弱多病。
Cheap cleaning products sicklied the office staff, leaving them with headaches every afternoon.
廉價的清潔用品讓辦公室員工一個個都生病了，每天下午都頭痛不已。
- strengthen
To make stronger or healthier
- heal
To restore to health
文法句型
sickly + object
用法筆記
Very rare in modern English. In everyday speech, 'make sick' or 'weaken' is preferred. Mostly found in older or literary texts.