感冒让人头昏昏、眼花花,流鼻水、打喷嚏、咳嗽样样都来,让人好不舒服啊!如果在国外旅游时感冒了,该怎么跟医生或药师表达这些症状呢?
stuffy nose:鼻塞。 stuffy是形容词,鼻子塞住的,另外也可以指通风不良、闷热的房间或建筑物。
I can’t smell anything because I have a stuffy nose.
(我什么都闻不到,因为我鼻塞了。)
runny nose:流鼻水。 runny是形容词,流鼻涕的,也有水份过多的意思。
Can you spare me a box of tissue? I have a cold and a runny nose.
(你可以给我一盒面纸吗?我感冒了,还流鼻水。)
sneeze:动词,打喷嚏;名词,喷嚏。
She kept sneezing. I guess it was because of Tom’s cat.
(她一直在打喷嚏,我猜是汤姆的猫造成的。)
cough:咳嗽,动词与名词同形。
John has a nasty cough.
(约翰咳得很厉害。)
sore throat:喉咙痛。 sore是形容词,疼痛的。
Drinking warm water with honey and lemon might ease a sore throat.
(喝加了蜂蜜和柠檬的温水可以缓解喉咙痛。)
dizzy:形容词,头晕目眩的,名词为dizziness,头晕。
The heat made me so dizzy.
(高温热得我头晕目眩的。)
fever:名词,发烧。
You may have a fever when your body temperature is very high.
(当你的体温很高时,你可能发烧了。)
vomit:动词,呕吐。
I was seasick and I vomited through the whole trip.
(我晕船了,全程都在吐。)
diarrhea:名词,拉肚子、腹泻
For the past week, Sarah has suffered from vomiting and diarrhea.
(过去的这一周,莎拉一直呕吐和拉肚子。)