| 单词 |
malinger |
| 释义 |
malinger, v.|məˈlɪŋgə(r)| [f. F. malingre sickly, ailing (formerly ‘sore, scabbie, ouglie, loathsome’, Cotgr.); of obscure origin.] intr. To pretend illness, or to produce or protract disease, in order to escape duty; said esp. of soldiers and sailors.
1820E. T. Luscombe Pract. Obs. Means Preserv. Health Sold. 88 Formerly, it was ulcers of the legs, which were most usually produced by artificial means by soldiers..disposed to malinger. 1844Macaulay Ess., Chatham, Some were half inclined to suspect that he was, to use a military phrase, malingering. 1872Browning Fifine lxxvi, Be sick by stealth, Nor traffic with disease—malingering in health! 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 150 The question comes to be, whether the patient..is malingering. |

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