morbid

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a. 致病的, 病态的, 疾病的, 可怕的 [医] 病的

发音

UK /ˈmɔː.bɪd/
US /ˈmɔɹ.bɪd/
AU

词形变化

morbider morbidest more morbid 比较级 most morbid 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

病态的;由病引起的;恐怖的;病变部位的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease.

  2. 2.

    Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease.

    引申义

    morbid boy

    morbid child

    morbid mind

    morbid obsession

    morbid question

  3. 3.

    Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish.

    morbid poem

    morbid song

  4. 4.

    Grisly or gruesome.

    morbid video

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词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer-der.? Latin morbus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Latin -idus Latin morbidusder. English morbid From Latin morbidus (“diseased”), from morbus (“sickness”), itself from the root of morī (“to die”) or directly from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to rub, pound, wear away”).

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