fatiguenoun詞源 1/fəˈtiːɡ/

• 1

  A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.

  • My husband stayed for some days with the magistrate at Cardwell, recruiting his health and recovering from his fatigues, for the passage between Cape York and Cardwell had proved the most tedious and anxious part of the voyage.
  • Alan Pardew finished by far the most frustrated man at the Emirates, blaming fatigue for the fact that Arsenal were able to kill his team off in the dying minutes.
• 2

  A menial task or tasks, especially in the military.

  • Moreover, the habits of business are the most enduring of any; and Lord Norbourne's most positive enjoyment was in what are called the fatigues of office.
• 3

  engineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesWeakening and eventual failure of material, typically by cracking leading to complete separation, caused by repeated application of mechanical stress to the material.

  • Mechanical failures due to fatigue have been the subject of engineering efforts for more than 150 years.
  • An investigation found that the rail had fragmented as trains passed over it, and that the likely cause was "rolling contact fatigue" defined as multiple surface-breaking cracks. Repeated high loading had caused fatigue cracks to grow, resulting in what is called gauge corner cracking.

fatigueverb詞源 2/fəˈtiːɡ/

• 1

  To tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion.

• 2

  cookingfoodlifestyleTo wilt a salad by dressing or tossing it.

  • The handsome, silver-haired proprietor was absorbed in fatiguing a salad for a family party.
• 3

  To lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted.

• 4

  engineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesTo undergo the process of fatigue; to fail as a result of fatigue.

• 5

  engineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesTo cause to undergo the process of fatigue.

  • The repeated pressurization cycles fatigued the airplane's metal skin until it eventually broke up in flight.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• fatigues