mawkish background
BeDict Logo

mawkish

/ˈmɑːkɪʃ/ /ˈmɔːkɪʃ/

Meanings
adjective

恶心，想吐。

Feeling sick, queasy.

Examples :

"After eating the unusually spicy curry, Maria felt a mawkish feeling in her stomach. "
吃了那份異常辛辣的咖喱之後，玛丽亚感到胃里一阵恶心想吐。
body sensation medicine
adjective

肉麻，腻歪。

Excessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment; maudlin.

Examples :

"The graduation speech was so mawkish; the speaker's constant references to tear-jerking family stories felt overly sentimental and a bit forced. "
毕业典礼上的演讲太肉麻了，演讲者不停地引用那些催人泪下的家庭故事，感觉过于煽情，有点做作。
emotion character literature style quality

Related Words

Illustration stomach

stomach noun

/ˈstʌmək/

胃，肚子

"My stomach rumbled loudly during lunch break; I was very hungry. "

午休的时候我的肚子咕咕叫个不停，我太饿了。

Illustration references

references noun

/ˈɹɛf.(ə)ɹən.sɪz/

参考，关系，关联。

"The teacher's lecture made many references to events in history. "

老师的讲座中多次提及历史事件，并与历史事件相关联。

Illustration leaving

leaving verb

/ˈliːvɪŋ/

留下，遗留。

"The heavy rain was leaving puddles all over the playground. "

大雨过后，操场上到处都留下了水坑。

Illustration constant

constant noun

/ˈkɒnstənt/ /ˈkɑnstənt/

常量，常数。

"The constant noise from the construction site made it hard to concentrate on my homework. "

建筑工地传来的持续不断的噪音，吵得我很难集中精力做作业。

Illustration feeling

feeling verb

/ˈfiːlɪŋ/ /ˈfilɪŋ/

摸，触摸

"The baby was feeling the soft fur of the teddy bear. "

那个宝宝正在摸泰迪熊柔软的毛。

Illustration excessively

excessively adverb

/ɪkˈsɛsɪvli/

过度地，过分地.

"The application form was excessively complicated."

那份申请表过于复杂了。

Illustration sickening

sickening verb

/ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ/

使作呕，使恶心。

"The infection will sicken him until amputation is needed."

这种感染会让他病情加重，直到需要截肢。

Illustration sentiment

sentiment noun

/ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənt/

情感，情绪，感受。

"The sentiment emerged that we were acting too soon."

一种我们行动过早的感觉出现了。

Illustration insipid

insipid adjective

/ɪnˈsɪp.ɪd/

淡而无味，乏味

"The diners were disappointed with the plain, insipid soup they were served."

餐厅的客人们对端上来的那碗清淡寡味、淡而无味的汤感到很失望。

Illustration sentimental

sentimental adjective

/ˌsɛntiˈmɛntl̩/

多愁善感，伤感。

"She kept every card and letter she'd ever received, because she was a very sentimental person. "

她把收到的每张卡片和信件都留着，因为她是个非常多愁善感的人。

Illustration graduation

graduation noun

/ˌɡɹædʒuˈeɪʃən/

毕业，毕业典礼.

"After years of hard work, Maria's graduation from university was a joyful celebration. "

经过多年的努力，玛丽亚从大学毕业并拿到毕业证，这真是一场令人高兴的庆祝。

Illustration unusually

unusually adverb

/ʌnˈjuːʒuəli/

不寻常地，异乎寻常地

"The weather was unusually warm for November. "

十一月的天气异乎寻常地暖和。