1. 1暈車

    The sick feeling you get because you are travelling in a car. Your head may spin, your stomach feels wrong, and some people have to stop and throw up.

    The sick feeling那種不舒服的感覺 you get你會有 because你 you are travelling in a car因為在車上旅行。Your head你的頭 may spin可能會暈, your stomach你的胃 feels wrong覺得不對勁,and而且 some people有些人 have to stop and throw up必須停下來吐。

    Children get it more than grown-ups, especially if they sit in the back and look down at a book or a phone. Looking out at the far road often helps.

    Children小孩 get it比成人更容易有這種感覺 more than grown-ups,especially尤其是 if they sit in the back如果他們坐在後座 and看 look down at a book or a phone低頭看書或手機的時候。Looking out at the far road看向遠方的路 often helps通常有幫助。

    It is the same kind of trouble as seasickness, only the moving room is a car, not a boat.

    It它 is the same kind of trouble是跟...一樣的困擾 as seasickness暈船, only只不過 the moving room那個晃動的空間 is a car, not a boat是車子而不是船。

    In speech people usually say “I get carsick”; carsickness is the noun you use when you name the problem. A doctor may say motion sickness to cover cars, boats, and planes together, but carsickness is the ordinary word for the car.

    In speech在口語裡 people人們 usually say通常會說 'I get carsick'「我會暈車」;carsickness這個名詞carsickness is the noun你用的名詞 you use when you name the problem是你要講出這個問題時用的字。A doctor醫生 may say可能會說 motion sickness暈動症 to cover涵蓋 cars, boats, and planes together車、船、飛機,but不過 carsickness暈車 is the ordinary word for the car才是講車子時的常用字。

core核心畫面

組成car + sickness, or carsick + -ness (the state of being carsick).

同家族的字

  • carsickthe usual adjective; carsickness is the noun from it
  • sicknessthe second half: the state of being sick
  • seasicknessthe same pattern, but from travelling on a boat

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

carsicknessnoun/ˈkɑː(ɹ)ˌsɪk.nəs/

  • 1

    Motion sickness caused by riding in a motor car.

  • 2

    datedMotion sickness caused by riding in a railway carriage.

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