asthmatic

英語

其他寫法

• asthmatical (過時)
• asthmatick (棄用)

詞源

源自拉丁語 asthmaticus，源自古希臘語 ἀσθματικός (asthmatikós, 「受呼吸短促折磨的」)，源自ἆσθμα (âsthma, 「呼吸短促」) （對比asthma）；等同於asthma +‎ -ic。

發音

• (英國) 國際音標^(幫助): /æsˈθmætɪk/, /æsˈmætɪk/
• (美國) 國際音標^(幫助): /æzˈmætɪk/
• 韻部：-ætɪk

形容詞

asthmatic (比較級 more asthmatic，最高級 most asthmatic)

1. 哮喘性的
   • 1917, Anton Chekhov, 譯者 Constance Garnett, The Darling and Other Stories‎^[1], Project Gutenberg, 出版於 9 September 2004, →ISBN，第 71 頁:

     The mother, Ekaterina Pavlovna, who at one time had been handsome, but now, asthmatic, depressed, vague, and over-feeble for her years, tried to entertain me with conversation about painting. Having heard from her daughter that I might come to Shelkovka, she had hurriedly recalled two or three of my landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them.

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名詞

asthmatic (複數 asthmatics)

1. 哮喘患者