Qualm
[kwɑːm;kwɔːm] or [kwɑm]
解釋/意思:
(n.) Sickness; disease; pestilence; death.
(n.) A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony.
(n.) Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea.
(n.) A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.
編輯:诺拉
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Throe, pang, agony, sudden attack.[2]. Sickness (of the stomach), nausea.[3]. Twinge (of conscience), scruple.
編輯:桑德拉
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Misgiving, remorse, scruple, penitence
ANT:Comfort, ease, self-satisfaction, self-approval
埃尔韦拉錄入
解釋/意思:
as of conscience.—adj. Qualm′ish affected with qualm or a disposition to vomit or with slight sickness: uneasy.—adv. Qualm′ishly.—n. Qualm′ishness.
校對:威尔默
例句/造句/用法:
- Once more he essayed the effort, but a qualm of nausea overwhelmed him. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The ward was filled with an effluvia that caused my heart to heave with painful qualms. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- But Mrs. Dunkirk had qualms and yearnings about her daughter, who had long been regarded as lost both to God and her parents. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- He was unconfident, he had qualms of fear. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
校對:马尔科姆