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ailing 音标拼音: ['elɪŋ] a. 生病的 生病的 ailing adj 1: somewhat ill or prone to illness; " my poor ailing grandmother"; " feeling a bit indisposed today"; " you look a little peaked"; " feeling poorly"; " a sickly child"; " is unwell and can' t come to work" [ synonym: { ailing}, { indisposed}, { peaked( p)}, { poorly( p)}, { sickly}, { unwell}, { under the weather}, { seedy}] Ail \ Ail\ ([= a] l), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Ailed} ([= a] ld); p. pr. & vb. n. { Ailing}.] [ OE. eilen, ailen, AS. eglan to trouble, pain; akin to Goth. us- agljan to distress, agls troublesome, irksome, aglo, aglitha, pain, and prob. to E. awe. [ root] 3.] To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental; to trouble; to be the matter with; -- used to express some uneasiness or affection, whose cause is unknown; as, what ails the man? I know not what ails him. [ 1913 Webster] What aileth thee, Hagar? -- Gen. xxi. 17. [ 1913 Webster] Note: It is never used to express a specific disease. We do not say, a fever ails him; but, something ails him. [ 1913 Webster]
ailing \ ailing\ adj. sick; unhealthy. Opposite of { well} or { healthy}. Syn: indisposed, peaked( predicate), poorly( predicate), sickly, unwell. [ WordNet 1. 5]
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