anorexic

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ænəˈɹɛksɪk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Somebody suffering from anorexia nervosa.
    — The hospital strictly monitored the advertising materials the bulimics and anorexics were allowed to see.
  2. A medicine which suppresses appetite.
形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to, or suffering from, anorexia nervosa.
    — I thought of anorexic girls whose puberty has stalled, leaving them crossed between elderly ladies and overburdened children with false smiles, apparently perfect, teeth unstained, until their organs began to fail.
  2. Thin, skinny, insubstantial. broadly
    — He was also a poet on 'L' plates having published one very slim (to the point of anorexic) collection of verse.
  3. Having very little to no appetite (a symptom that occurs in various diseases).

词形变化

more anorexic comparative most anorexic superlative anorexics plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Hellenic *ə-
Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti
Ancient Greek ὀρέγω (orégō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Ancient Greek ὄρεξῐς (órexĭs)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía)lbor.
English anorexia
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English anorexic
From anorexia + -ic.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Hellenic *ə-
Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti
Ancient Greek ὀρέγω (orégō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Ancient Greek ὄρεξῐς (órexĭs)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía)lbor.
English anorexia
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English anorexic
From anorexia + -ic.
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