fatigue
US: /fəˈtiɡ/
UK: /fɐtˈiːɡ/
UK: /fɐtˈiːɡ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
fatigue /fə'ti:g/
- danh từ
- sự mệt mỏi, sự mệt nhọc
- (kỹ thuật) sự mỏi (của kim loại)
- công việc mệt nhọc, công việc lao khổ
- (quân sự) (như) fatigue-duty
- (số nhiều) (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) quần áo lao động
- ngoại động từ
- làm cho mệt mỏi, làm cho mệt nhọc
- (kỹ thuật) làm cho (kim loại) bị mỏi, làm cho kém sức chịu đựng
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [U] a feeling of being extremely tired, usually because of hard work or exercise: physical and mental fatigue + Driver fatigue was to blame for the accident. + I was dropping with fatigue and could not keep my eyes open.
2 [U] (usually after another noun) a feeling of not wanting to do a particular activity any longer because you have done too much of it: battle fatigue + compassion fatigue (= the inability to feel pity for other people's suffering any more) brought on by too many charity appeals
3 [U] weakness in metal or wood caused by repeated bending or stretching: The wing of the plane showed signs of metal fatigue.
4 (fatigues) [pl.] loose clothes worn by soldiers
5 (fatigues) [pl.] (especially AmE) duties, such as cleaning and cooking, that soldiers have to do, especially as a punishment: We were all put on cookhouse fatigues for a week.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 weariness, tiredness, weakness, exhaustion, lassitude, listlessness, lethargy, languor, sluggishness, enervation:
She kept on tending the wounded till fatigue finally overcame her.
v.
2 weary, tire, weaken, exhaust, drain, enervate, Colloq fag (out):
My morning's work had fatigued me.
Collocation dictionary
1 great tiredness
ADJ.
extreme, severe | growing | general | mental, physical | battle, compassion
soldiers suffering from battle fatigue Compassion fatigue among donor countries means there is less money for worthy causes.
| driver
car accidents caused by driver fatigue
VERB + FATIGUE
suffer from, drop (down) with | combat, fight (off), reduce
The right vitamins help you combat fatigue.
FATIGUE + VERB
set in
She had to stop work when fatigue set in.
| overcome sb
PREP.
from ~
crying from cold and fatigue
| with ~
The man was shivering with fatigue.
PHRASES
a feeling of fatigue, signs of fatigue 2 fatigues
clothes worn by soldiers
ADJ.
army, battle, combat | camouflage
PHRASES
in ~
soldiers in combat fatigues > Special page at CLOTHES
Concise English dictionary
fatigues|fatigued|fatiguingfə'tɪːg
noun
+temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
+used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress
+(always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something
+labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on)
verb
+get tired of something or somebody
+exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
