air sickness
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3.2
- noun
- /ɛr ˈsɪk.nəs/
:
mareo aéreo
- Despite taking medication, he still suffered from air sickness while flying over the mountains.
- an air sickness bag
Examples
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She carried an air sickness bag in her pocket, just in case she felt nauseous during the flight.
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You know I get air sickness.
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You wrote it on an air sickness bag, honey.
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Bob takes out his air sickness bag again.
Fiction book (1991) -
Bob almost throws up, then puts the air sickness bag away again.
Fiction book (1991) -
And as always, the air sickness bags are in the seatback in front of you.
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Some have a lot of trouble flying, whether it's because they tend to get air sickness or they simply don't like having to constantly adjust to a different environment.
Blog text (31) -
Now everyone I knew applauded and gave earnest advice: how to guard against air sickness and jet lag.
Fiction book (1993) -
At this point, you might be feeling as appalled as the young woman sitting next to us on the airplane as we type this, who keeps glancing sideways at our computer screen, then up at the flight attendants, then back at the computer screen, and who seems ready to reach for the air-sickness bag any second.
Blog text (5) -
Many passengers experienced air sickness during the turbulent flight, leading to a need for extra bags.
Synonyms
91
3.0
A sick feeling in your stomach that makes you want to vomit
65
1.0
A strong feeling in the stomach that makes you want to throw up
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3.0
Feeling dizzy and sick when you travel in cars, boats or planes
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5.8
A sick feeling in the stomach and a bit of worry
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5.6
Feeling sick and dizzy on a plane
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a feeling of nausea caused by motion during air travel' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'air' (relating to aviation/air travel) with 'sickness' (nausea). This vehicle/medium + sickness pattern (cf. sea sickness, car sickness) is cross-linguistically common and follows ordinary compositional logic, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Air sickness comes from a simple image: when a plane moves or hits turbulence, your body feels the motion and your stomach can turn. The parts air, meaning being on a plane, and sickness, meaning 'feeling sick', explain why it now means 'feeling sick' or nausea during a flight.