diarrhoea

/ˌdaɪəˈrɪə/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌdaɪəˈriːə/ (ame, ipa)

diarrhoea — noun

1. a health problem in which a person passes very loose, watery faeces many times i

1.名詞B2
釋義

a health problem in which a person passes very loose, watery faeces many times in one day, often caused by a stomach infection or by something they ate.

例句

Roya stayed home from school for two days because she had really bad diarrhoea.

collocation: have diarrhoea

After the family picnic, Tomás began to suffer from severe diarrhoea and stomach pain.

collocation: suffer from diarrhoea

同義詞
反義詞
  • constipation

    the opposite condition — difficulty passing solid waste

文法句型

have diarrhoea

suffer from diarrhoea

a bout of diarrhoea

用法筆記

Uncountable in standard use, so do not say 'a diarrhoea' or 'diarrhoeas'. Count contexts use 'a bout of diarrhoea' or 'an episode of diarrhoea' instead. The American spelling is 'diarrhea'.

常見錯誤

❌I had a diarrhoea yesterday.
✅I had diarrhoea yesterday.
💡the word is uncountable, so no 'a' before it.
❌After dinner he got many diarrhoeas.
✅After dinner he had several bouts of diarrhoea.
💡to count episodes, use 'bout' or 'episode', not a plural form.