ill/ɪl/

a. not feeling well or suffering from a disease

a. [一般不置于名词前] 生病的，不舒服的：I felt ill so I took a day off. 我感到不舒服，所以请了一天假。

◇She's been ill for years. 她已经病了好多年了。

fall ill 病倒：She fell ill while on holiday. 她度假时病倒了。

常犯错误

✗ an ill man

✓ a sick man 生病的男子

[✌传统语法中认为ill不能前置，现在也有很多语法学家认为an ill man是正确的]

辨析ill; sick