queasy
形容词 adj.
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness, often characterized by an unsettled stomach.
— She was in the middle of a gigantic breakfast of coffee and piles of toast, eggs and bacon and a tall glass of milk. It made him queasy to see all that food.
- Easily troubled; squeamish.
词汇关系
词源
From Middle English coysy, possibly from Old Norse kveisa (“boil”) ( > Norwegian kveise/kvise), perhaps influenced by Anglo-Norman queisier, from Old French coisier (“to wound, hurt, make uneasy”).
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