qualm

音标发音

• 英式音标 [kwɑːm; kwɔːm]
• 美式音标 [kwɑm, kwɔm]
• 国际音标 [kwɔ:m, kwɑ:lm]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n.疑虑；晕眩；紧张不安

词根记忆

• 捧在手掌(palms)怕丢了→不安(qualm)
• 争吵(quarrel)是因为对对方产生疑虑(qualm)

同根派生

英汉例句

• Hurstwood suffered a qualm of body as the car rolled up.
  当电车开上前时,赫斯渥浑身感到一阵不安.
• The doctor seemed seized with a qualm of faintness.
  博士显得好象一阵眩晕发作.
• Lastly she arrived at the tresses and felt a qualm of disgust.
  最后,她看到提到头发的那一句,心里觉得一阵恶心.
• Did she see her husband as capable of murder? She had used the word without a qualm.
  她觉得自己的丈夫可能杀人吗？在使用这个字眼的时候，她没有丝毫的不安。
• The doctor seemed seized with a qualm of faintness.
  博士显得好象一阵眩晕发作.

词组短语

短语

• Qualm m 疑虑;紧张不安;内疚
• dicker Qualm 滚滚浓烟
• without a qualm 对违反道德的行为丝毫没有反感或犹豫
• Q for qualm 不安
• without a blink or qualm 故障

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• an uncomfortable feeling when you doubt if you are doing the right thing

柯林斯英英字典

• If you have no qualms about doing something, you are not worried that it may be wrong in some way.