carsick
/ˈkɑːsɪk/adjective
उच्चारण कार्सिक
गाड़ी में जी मिचलाना
Core word
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feeling sick or wanting to vomit because of the movement of a car or other vehicle
गाड़ी में जी मिचलाना
- Children often get carsick on hill roads.
- My cousin feels carsick whenever we drive through the ghats.
- I always feel carsick on winding roads.
+ 2 more examples
- The little boy was carsick halfway up the mountain.
- She took a tablet to avoid getting carsick.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
feel / get / be carsick
Carsick is an adjective and follows linking verbs such as feel, be, get or become. It is not placed after 'have'.
Carsick एक adjective है और feel, be, get या become जैसी linking verbs के बाद आता है।
- Radhika gets carsick on long mountain roads.
- I felt carsick after an hour on the winding road.
carsick + on / during a journey
The journey that causes the sickness is introduced by 'on' or 'during', or by a time phrase.
जिस यात्रा के कारण मितली हो, उसे 'on' या 'during' से बताया जाता है।
- He was carsick during the whole drive to Mussoorie.
carsick vs. seasick / airsick / travel sick
The prefix tells the type of transport: car, sea or air. 'Travel sick' (BrE) or 'motion sickness' covers all of them.
उपसर्ग वाहन का प्रकार बताता है: car, sea या air; 'travel sick' (BrE) या 'motion sickness' सभी के लिए है।
- Some children are carsick but never seasick.
carsickness (noun)
The noun is carsickness, which is uncountable. Remedies include sitting in front, looking at the road and taking tablets.
इसका noun 'carsickness' है, जो uncountable है; उपायों में आगे बैठना, सड़क देखना और गोली लेना शामिल हैं।
- Carsickness can be prevented by looking at the horizon.
+Collocations 4
verb + carsick
feelgetbecomebeturn
- She turns carsick even on short drives.
adverb + carsick
veryslightlyterriblyeasilybadly
- My little brother gets badly carsick on bumpy roads.
carsick + noun
tabletbagchildpassengerfeeling
- The driver handed a carsick bag to the girl.
carsick + conditions
on winding roadsafter reading in the carfrom the smell of petrolat the back seat
- Reading in the car makes me carsick.
“More examples 5
- Radhika sat in the front seat because she gets carsick at the back.
राधिका आगे वाली सीट पर बैठी क्योंकि पीछे बैठने से उसे जी मिचलाता है।
- The road through the ghats was so twisty that half the passengers felt carsick.
घाटों से गुज़रती सड़क इतनी घुमावदार थी कि आधे यात्रियों का जी मिचलाने लगा।
- He took a tablet to avoid being carsick on the long drive.
लंबी यात्रा में जी मिचलाने से बचने के लिए उसने एक गोली ली।
- Don't read your notes in the car if you tend to get carsick.
यदि आपको गाड़ी में जी मिचलाने की प्रवृत्ति है तो गाड़ी में अपने notes न पढ़ें।
- The children grew carsick after the bus stopped and started again and again.
बस के बार-बार रुकने और चलने से बच्चों का जी मिचलाने लगा।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ I am feeling carsickness.
✓ I am feeling carsick.
After 'feeling' an adjective is needed, not the noun.
'Feeling' के बाद adjective चाहिए, noun नहीं।
✗ She has carsick on every journey.
✓ She gets carsick on every journey.
Carsick is an adjective, so it needs a linking verb like 'gets', not 'has'.
Carsick adjective है, इसलिए इसे 'has' नहीं बल्कि 'gets' जैसी linking verb के साथ लिखें।
◇Word family
§Grammar and usage
Usage: travel-related sickness words are seasick, airsick and carsick.
यात्रा में जी मिचलाने के लिए seasick (जहाज़), airsick (विमान) और carsick (गाड़ी) शब्द हैं।