chronic

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɹɒn.ɪk/    美 /ˈkɹɑ.nɪk/|/ˈkɹɔn.ɪk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Marijuana, typically of high quality. countable,slang,uncountable
    — It's ironic, I had the brew, she had the chronic
  2. A condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Sometimes implies a condition which worsens with each recurrence, though that is not inherent in the term. countable,uncountable
  3. A person who is chronic, such as a criminal reoffender or a person with chronic disease. countable,uncountable
    — Wernersvill asylum is now practically filled, and, as it is peopled with able-bodied chronics, there will be but little annual movement of patients.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
    — chronic unemployment; chronic poverty; chronic anger; chronic life
  2. Prolonged or slow to heal.
    — chronic cough; chronic headache; chronic illness
  3. Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
    — Chronic patients must learn to live with their condition.
  4. Inveterate or habitual.
    — He's a chronic smoker.
  5. Very bad, awful. slang
    — That concert was chronic.
  6. Extremely serious. informal
    — They left him in a chronic condition.
  7. Good, great; "wicked". slang
    — That was cool, chronic in fact.

词形变化

more chronic comparative most chronic superlative chronick alternative,obsolete chronics plural chronick alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
prolonged terrible splendid
反义词
acute transient
衍生词
achronic allochronic chronically chronic bee paralysis virus chronic beryllium disease chronic bronchitis chronic cellular dehydration chronic condition chronic Covid chronic COVID syndrome chronic disease chronic fatigue syndrome chronic granulomatous disease chronic illness chronicity chronicization chronic Lyme chronic Lyme disease chronic myeloid leukemia chronic obstructive pulmonary disease chronic skin-picking chronic suppurative otitis media chronic toxicity chronic traumatic encephalopathy chronic wasting disease crunk heterochronic hydrochronic mesochronic monochronic nonchronic panchronic parachronic prechronic semichronic subchronic

词源

词源 1
From chronical, from Old French cronike, from Latin chronicus, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikós, “of time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). By surface analysis, chron- + -ic.
词源 2
From chronical, from Old French cronike, from Latin chronicus, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikós, “of time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). By surface analysis, chron- + -ic.
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