(= telephoned to say she will not be coming to work because she is ill). Q H X IT & iS A it ^ IU 7 0 o Britain’s workers went sick (= did not go to work because they were ill) for a record number of days last year. o {NAmE)

I can’t afford to get sick (= become ill). It- 7 32 o o vocabulary notes on page R26

►                 WANTING TO VOMIT H RE P± 2 [not usually before noun] {especially BrE) feeling that you want to vomit *iRERi; M 'll': Mum, I feel sick! M, Tfc IS R±! o If you eat any more cake you’ll make yourself sick.

R± 7 o 0 a sick feeling in your stomach B S 38 7' [jgljjf; o vocabulary notes on page R26

►                  -SICK 7x£ 3 (in compounds jt-pf is]) feeling sick as a

result of travelling on a ship, plane, etc.  ##l;

HA: seasick 0 airsick o carsick o travel- sick

►                 BORED Btjfe 4 ~ of sb/sth | ~ of doing sth {informal) bored with or annoyed about sth that has been happening for a long time, and wanting it to stop

(#■•■) 2Af§W,   A3867 I’m sick of the way

you’ve treated me.            o 0 We’re

sick of waiting around like this. & ^    A,      U

Id M Rl o O I’m sick and tired of your moaning. # {$ ^ o o I’m sick to death of all of you!

%mEAT!

►                 CRUEL/STRANGE £$ fin ;     7 % 5 {informal) (especially of

humour X M I£) dealing with suffering, disease or death in a cruel way that some people think is offen­sive 4* A €»##$#); Pj'lfiftJ;   a sick joke ^ A

X # 'If B (ft % iS o That’s really sick, ffl % iff A 69 „

6 {informal) getting enjoyment from doing strange or cruel things       : a sick mind     ($7'3 0

People think I’m sick for having a rat as a pet. AC] iA A

o We live in a sick society. & HI £ fg £—X ik &   3± 4 M o — see also homesick,

LOVESICK

iTSTBJl be sick {BrE) to bring food from your stomach back out through your mouth RERi Em vomit: I was sick three times in the night. ^MISRiTH#:,, 0 She had been violently sick, jttfe — It Rt I# H Jfj |r 0 be worried sick; be ’sick with worry to be extremely worried Jt;jl7'; jfi'll'#3c3p': Where have you been? I’ve been worried sick about you. j&±iPJLA7? fall

sick (also old-fashioned take sick) {formal) to become ill/sick     make sb ’sick to make sb angry or

disgusted A 38; {£.&$: His hypocrisy makes me sick. fife lift   it IS 38'C' 9 (as) sick as a 'dog {informal)

feeling very ill/sick; vomiting a lot ^ I# Id Jr; RERi I# J7Hr (as) sick as a ’parrot {BrE, humorous) very disap­pointed A A#rM sick at 'heart {formal) very unhappy or disappointed A ft 7        ; If sick to your

'stomach 1 feeling very angry or worried

.18: Nora turned sick to her stomach on hearing this news. nfrT&Xffi&,       2 {NAmE)

= sick adj. (2)

a noun

►                 VOMIT 1 [U] {BrE, informaf) food that you bring back up from your stomach through your mouth RE Rt ® mm vomit

►                 ILL PEOPLE V \ 2 the sick [pi.] people who are ill/sick MA: All the sick and wounded were evacuated. FJfffifj

m verb IJ!I;M ,sick sth'-'up {BrE, informal) to bring sth up from the stomach back out through your mouth (£ f±J cm VOMIT

'sick bag noun a paper bag on a boat or plane into which you can vomit (   ) RER±78^, 31

sick-bay /'sikbei/ noun a room or rooms, for example on a ship or in a school, with beds for people who are

iii/sick () mm

sick-bed /'sikbed/ noun [sing.] the bed on which a person who is ill/sick is lying A : The President left his sickbed to attend the ceremony.            m A & 1% IP X

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,sick 'building syndrome noun [u] a condition that affects people who work in large offices, making them feel tired and causing headaches, sore eyes and

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breathing problems, thought to be caused by, for example, the lack of fresh air or by chemicals in the air

sick en /’sikan/ verb {BrE) 1 [VN] to make sb feel very shocked and angry A A ft 1ft;      Em disgust

2 [V] to become ill/sick   {old-fashioned) The

baby sickened and died before his first birthday.

^          c O {BrE) Faye hasn’t eaten all day—

she must be sickening for something. H — X R£ id

7      *&-££!»     To

sicken er /'sikan0(r)/ noun {informal) something that makes sb very disappointed or disgusted -^AbdTXil

( &K* ) torn®

sick en ing /'sikamrj/ adj. 1 making you feel disgusted or shocked ikAJX^&i); 4>AfME67 4“AMISW Em repulsive: the sickening stench of burnt flesh

2 making you afraid that sb has been badly hurt or that sth has been broken ip AM : Her head hit the ground

with a sickening thud.

'l>0 3 {informal) making you feel jealous or annoyed A A^v^ilJ; -Lb AM+Si &tJ: ‘She’s off to the Bahamas for a month.’‘How sickening!’ “(dfeAERp 5,11^7,

Mo r “^LtA^^Ri! ” ►sick-en-ing-ly adv.

,sick 'headache noun a pain inside your head and a feeling that you are going to vomit ; fliiS

sickie /‘siki/ noun {BrE, informal) a day when you say that you are ill/sick and cannot go to work when it is not really true WMftkW]’,

sickle /‘sikl/ noun a tool with a curved blade and a short handle, used for cutting grass, etc. #77 —picture o scythe — see also hammer and sickle 'sick leave noun [U] permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work^jg;          to be on sick leave ifcm

, sickle-cell a'naemia (also sickle-cell disease) noun [u] a serious form of anaemia (= a disease of the blood) that is found mostly in people of African family origins, and which is passed down from parents to children ( £JEA«I)

sick ly /‘sikli/ adj. 1 often ill/sick ^^67; g

He was a sickly child.

2 not looking healthy and strong 7 H W; (I M 6*J;

Em frail: She looked pale and sickly. Mffi sickly plants       3 that

makes you feel sick, especially because it is too sweet or full of false emotion ( Ate AS&^tAir^t J^'lf ) ^A£A67 iLA3g7'67 a sickly sweet smell W 0 She gave me a sickly smile.

4 (of colours Mfh) unpleasant to look at ;

##      a sickly green colour

sick-making adj. {old-fashioned) unpleasant, sometimes in a way that makes you feel that you want to vomit LfAft); 4“Af|nE67 a sick-making stench 4“Af|RE#J MM

sick ness /‘siknas/ noun 1 [U] illness; bad health 7fi A: She’s been off work because of sickness. JfeHi W J: IS o O insurance against sickness and unemploy­ment       O note at illness 2 [U, C, usually

sing.] a particular type of illness or disease ■ fh; • • • 2iE: altitude/travel/radiation, etc. sickness ^    , jfofj

H , H H ^ ^ — see also sleeping sickness 3 [U] {especially BrE) the feeling that you are likely to vomit (- bring food back up from the stomach to the mouth); the fact of vomiting M 7' ; RE R± Em nausea : symptoms include sickness and diarrhoea Se 3^ ^ IS RE R± fPlt'^3 0 The sickness passed off after a while. M7~ & J L, Wt A ^ I# M '£.' 7 o — see also morning sickness 4 [sing.] a feeling of great sadness, disappointment or disgust!^; AM; &&

'sickness benefit noun [U] (BrE) money paid by the government to people who are away from work because of illness

) — compare sick pay