橘子朗文词典

qualm

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [kwɑːm; kwɔːm]
  • 美式音标 [kwɑm, kwɔm]
  • 国际音标 [kwɔ:m, kwɑ:lm]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n.疑虑；晕眩；紧张不安

词根记忆

  • 捧在手掌(palms)怕丢了→不安(qualm)
  • 争吵(quarrel)是因为对对方产生疑虑(qualm)

同根派生

     

英汉例句

  • Hurstwood suffered a qualm of body as the car rolled up.
    当电车开上前时,赫斯渥浑身感到一阵不安.
  • The doctor seemed seized with a qualm of faintness.
    博士显得好象一阵眩晕发作.
  • Lastly she arrived at the tresses and felt a qualm of disgust.
    最后,她看到提到头发的那一句,心里觉得一阵恶心.
  • Did she see her husband as capable of murder? She had used the word without a qualm.
    她觉得自己的丈夫可能杀人吗？在使用这个字眼的时候，她没有丝毫的不安。
  • The doctor seemed seized with a qualm of faintness.
    博士显得好象一阵眩晕发作.

词组短语

    短语

  • Qualm m 疑虑;紧张不安;内疚
  • dicker Qualm 滚滚浓烟
  • without a qualm 对违反道德的行为丝毫没有反感或犹豫
  • Q for qualm 不安
  • without a blink or qualm 故障

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • an uncomfortable feeling when you doubt if you are doing the right thing

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you have no qualms about doing something, you are not worried that it may be wrong in some way.