health /ˈhɛlθ ||ˈhɛltθ/
健康,衛生;身體狀況
health /ˈhɛlθ/ 名詞
健康,衛生
health
健康 衛生
Health n.
1. The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical disease or pain.
There is no health in us. --Book of Common Prayer.
Though health may be enjoyed without gratitude, it can not be sported with without loss, or regained by courage. --Buckminster.
2. A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in a toast. “Come, love and health to all.”
Bill of health. See under Bill.
Health lift, a machine for exercise, so arranged that a person lifts an increasing weight, or moves a spring of increasing tension, in such a manner that most of the muscles of the body are brought into gradual action; -- also called lifting machine.
Health officer, one charged with the enforcement of the sanitary laws of a port or other place.
To drink a health. See under Drink.
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health
n 1: a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease; "physicians
should be held responsible for the health of their
patients" [syn: wellness] [ant: illness, illness]
2: the general condition of body and mind; "his delicate
health"; "in poor health"