air sickness

Thân thiện

The passenger feels air sickness during the flight.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Motion sickness experienced while traveling by air (especially during turbulence): A feeling of nausea and dizziness caused by the motion of an aircraft during flight.

Usage

• "Air sickness" is an uncountable noun. It describes a specific type of illness.
• It is commonly experienced during periods of turbulence but can occur during any phase of flight.
• Example:

Examples

• Noun:
  • She took medication before the flight to prevent air sickness.
  • The pilot turned on the seatbelt sign due to turbulence, which can cause air sickness.
  • His fear of air sickness makes long flights very stressful for him.

Advanced Usage

• "to suffer from air sickness": to experience the symptoms of air sickness.
  • Despite being a frequent traveler, she still suffers from air sickness on small planes.

Variants and Related Words

• Airsick (adj): experiencing or prone to air sickness.
  • He felt airsick shortly after takeoff.
• Motion sickness (n): the general term for nausea caused by movement, which includes sea sickness, car sickness, and air sickness.
  • Air sickness is a form of motion sickness.

Synonyms

• Flight sickness: (less common) another term for air sickness.
• Aeropathy: (technical/medical) a term for sickness due to air travel or high altitude.

Related Phrases

• "to combat air sickness": to take measures to prevent or reduce air sickness.
  • Chewing ginger candy is a popular way to combat air sickness.
• "air sickness bag": a bag provided on airplanes for use in case of nausea.
  • The flight attendant quickly provided an air sickness bag to the passenger.

Học thuật

Noun

1. motion sickness experienced while traveling by air (especially during turbulence)

Từ đồng nghĩa

• airsickness