Fatigue



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.疲乏, 劳累
• ［英］ n.疲乏, 劳累 ( physical or mental exhaustion; weariness)
• ［记］ 分割记忆: fat ( 胖的) , 胖人容易劳累

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: French, from Middle French, from fatiguer to fatigue, from Latin fatigare; akin to Latin affatim sufficiently
• Date: 1669
• 1.
  • a. labor
  • b. manual or menial work performed by military personnel
  • c. plural the uniform or work clothing worn on fatigue and in the field
• 2.
  • a. weariness or exhaustion from labor, exertion, or stress
  • b. the temporary loss of power to respond that is induced in a sensory receptor or motor end organ by continued stimulation
• 3. the tendency of a material to break under repeated stress <metal fatigue>

II. verb (fatigued; fatiguing)

• Date: 1693
• transitive verb
  • 1. to weary with labor or exertion
  • 2. to induce a condition of fatigue in
• intransitive verb
  • to suffer fatigue
• Synonyms: see tire
• ? fatiguingly adverb

III. adjective

• Date: 1774
• 1. consisting of, done, or used in fatigue <fatigue detail>
• 2. belonging to fatigues <a fatigue cap>

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