A sick person has an illness or some other problem with their health. To be sick means to bring up food through your mouth from your stomach. e.g. I think I’m going to be sick.
My left foot hurts.
My tooth is aching up
again. I feel shivery and I’ve got a sore throat. （我觉得怕冷发 抖，而且喉咙疼痛。） The pain’s been keeping me awake.
D: Does anything but the white mixture help it? P: I’ve been on a strict diet for six months. I never touch milk.
D: Does the pain come on in the night? [come on: to start If a cold, headache, or some other medical condition is coming on, it is just starting. e.g. I felt a cold coming on. 我觉得开始感冒了。] P: Not often.
brought up food from his stomach” or “George was ill”.
Vomit has the same meaning as “be sick”. Vomit is a fairly
formal word.
e.g. She was stricken with(被... 折磨) pain and began to vomit.
It keeps hanging on. （这老 是不好。）
It sort of hung on. （这似乎 不见好。）
Or: Just off and on. （就是时 断时续。）
I’ve got a pain in my back. （背疼）
My eyes have been sore. （眼睛发痛）
Clinical Dialogues
Part 1. Woman complained of tightness in abdomen associated with belching(嗳气) wind which did not relieve feeling. Symptoms usually began between 5 and 6 p.m. lasting several hours. Relieved by white mixture. (D=Doctor, P=Patient)
on a diet: If you are on a diet, you are eating special kinds of food because you want to lose weight. （为减肥）节食
touch: If you do not touch a particular kind of food or drink, you never it or drink it. 吃；喝 e.g. Drink? No, she never touches the stuff. 喝酒？不，他从不喝这种东西。
Note that “George is being sick” means “George is bringing up food from his stomach”; “George is sick” means “George is ill”. However, “George was sick” can mean either “George
It all began yesterday.
It started two days ago.
It came on last night. It hurts terrible. （痛得很厉 害。）
It’s been hanging about for nearly a week. （这已经 持续了将近一个星期了。）
D: When it comes on, do you get up? P: Yes, I get up and walk around and it relieves.
Pain
I have a headache. I have a splitting headache. （我头痛得像要裂开了。）
Throw up: In conversation, some
people say throw up instead of “be sick”. e.g. I think I’m going to throw
D: Does any position help you? P: No, It comes on after tea, about five. I have my main meal midday. D: Have you been sick? （你呕吐过吗？） (=Any vomiting?) P: Only at the beginning I was very sick then.
I have a stomach-ache. I feel a dull pain in the stomach. I seem to have pain all over. （我似乎浑身都痛。） I’m aching all over. （我浑 身都痛。）
It’s a dull sort of pain, and I don’t know what’s causing it. It’s not a sharp pain; just sort of a dull ache.