vi.【舊】

1. 生病[（+with）]
   The child sickened with whooping cough.

   那孩子得了百日咳。

2. 顯露出症狀[（+for）]
3. 枯萎
   In times like this he finds his complacency sicken and die in him.

   每當這樣的時候，他就發現他心裡的滿足感枯萎並逝去了。

4. 噁心，想嘔吐
   She sickened at the sight of a dead rat.

   她看見死老鼠就感到噁心。

5. 厭倦，厭惡[（+of）]
   He sickened of living abroad.

   他對旅居國外感到厭倦了。

vt.

1. 使生病
   Many residents were sickened by the contaminated water.

   汙染的水使很多居民生病了。

2. 使噁心，使作嘔
   The sight of blood sickened her.

   看見血使她噁心。

3. 使厭倦；使厭惡
   We were sickened by the non-stopping noise.

   連續不斷的噪音使我們感到厭惡。

v.

1. become disgusted or appalled.
   ▸ [as adj. sickening] informal very irritating or annoying.
   ▸archaic feel disgust or horror.
2. become ill.
   ▸ (sicken for) begin to show symptoms of (a particular illness).