ail

US: /ˈeɪɫ/
UK: /ˈe‍ɪl/


English Vietnamese dictionary


ail /eil/
  • ngoại động từ
    • làm đau đớn, làm đau khổ, làm phiền não
    • làm ốm đau
      • what ails him?: anh ấy ốm vì bệnh gì thế?
  • nội động từ
    • đau đớn
    • ốm đau, khó ở

Advanced English dictionary


+ verb [VN]
1 (formal) to cause problems for sb/sth: They discussed the problems ailing the steel industry.
2 (old use) to make sb ill/sick: What is ailing you?

Thesaurus dictionary


v.
1 trouble, afflict, affect, bother, distress, upset, worry, make ill or sick, pain, hurt:
I cannot imagine what ails him, and the doctor can find nothing wrong.
2 suffer, be or feel ill or poorly or unwell or indisposed, US be sick:
Granny has been ailing lately.

Concise English dictionary


ails|ailed|ailingeɪl
noun
+aromatic bulb used as seasoning
verb
+be unwell, ill, or ill disposed
+cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed