invalid1
KK: [ˈɪnvǝlɪd]
DJ: [ˈinvǝliːd]
n.
- 病弱的人，病人；殘疾者；傷殘退役軍人[C]
a.
- 病弱的，有病的
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our
invalid mother
我們體弱多病的母親
- 供病人用的
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辨析
invalid2
KK: [ˈɪnvǝlɪd]
DJ: [ˈinvǝliːd]
vt.
- 使病弱，使傷殘
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The injury
invalided him for life
那傷使他終生殘廢。
- 【主英】（因病或傷）使退役[H]
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invalid3
KK: [ɪnˈvælɪd]
DJ: [inˈvælid]
invalid1
/
ˈɪnvəlɪd/
n.
a person made weak or disabled by illness or injury.
v.
(invalids, invaliding, invalided)
remove (someone) from active military service because of injury or illness.
▸disable by injury or illness.
Derivative
Etymology
C17 (as adj. in the sense ‘infirm or disabled’): a special sense of invalid2, with a change of pronunc.
invalid2
/
ɪnˈvalɪd/
adj.
- not valid or officially recognized.
- not true because based on erroneous information or unsound reasoning.
Derivative
Etymology
C16 (earlier than valid): from L. invalidus, from in- ‘not’ + validus (see valid).
