解释
- adj. 虚弱的；有病的；过分担心健康的
- n. 体弱多病的人；过分担心自己健康的人
※ 提供单词"valetudinarian"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
英文词源
- valetudinarian (n.)
- "one who is constantly concerned with his own ailments," 1703, from valetudinary (1580s), from Latin valetudinarius, from valetudo "state of health" (either good or bad), from valere "be strong" (see valiant) + -tudo, abstract noun suffix (see -tude). Valetudinary (adj.) "sickly" is recorded from 1580s.
例句和用法
- 1. She affected to be spunky about her ailments and afflictions, but she was in fact an utterly self - centered valetudinarian.
- 她装做对自己的失调和苦恼若无其事, 但是实际上她是为自己的健康状况非常发愁的人.
- 2. The valetudinarian alternated two hours of work with one hour of rest.
- 那个体弱多病的人每工作两小时就要歇一小时。
- 3. He got sick easily since he was young , what a valetudinarian!
- 他从小就容易生病,是个病秧子.
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