jaundice: [14] Jaundice is literally ‘yellowness’. The word came from Old French jaunice, which was a derivative of the adjective jaune ‘yellow’ (the d in the middle appeared towards the end of the 14th century). The derived adjective jaundiced [17] originally meant simply ‘suffering from jaundice’, but the association of the yellowish colour with bitterness and envy soon produced the figurative meaning familiar today. => yellow
jaundice (n.)
c. 1300, jaunis, from Old French jaunice, earlier jalnice, "yellowness" (12c.), from jaune, jalne "yellow," from Latin galbinus "greenish yellow" (also source of Italian giallo), extended form of galbus, which is probably from PIE *ghel- "yellow, green" (see Chloe). With intrusive -d- (compare gender, astound, thunder). Figurative meaning "feeling in which views are colored or distorted" first recorded 1620s, from yellow's association with bitterness and envy (see yellow). In Old English geolu adl "yellow sickness;" in Middle English also gulesought. As a verb, from 1791, but usually in figurative use. Related: Jaundiced.
雙語例句
1. Incompatibility between the mother's and the baby's blood groups may cause jaundice.
母親和嬰兒血型不合會產生黃疸。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Mild jaundice in the newborn is common and often clears without treatment.
新生兒有輕微的黃疸較為常見，經常不需要治療就能自愈。
來自柯林斯例句
3. I looked into the problem without jaundice of any kind.
我研討這一問題,不懷任何偏見.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
4. People said that he had jaundice and urchins nicknamed him " Yellow Fellow. "
別人說他是黃膽病,孩子們也就叫他 “ 黃胖 ” 了.
來自漢英文學 - 中國現代小說
5. He was suffering from a sharp attack of jaundice.