English Dictionary

symptom

/ˈsɪm(p)təm/

noun

(medicine) A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash; strictly, a symptom is felt or experienced by the patient, while a sign can be detected by an observer.

He experienced a symptom after taking the medication.

意味（1）

(medicine) A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash; strictly, a symptom is felt or experienced by the patient, while a sign can be detected by an observer.

Swollen breasts, morning sickness, and a missed period are classic symptoms of pregnancy.

意味（2）

(figuratively) A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.

Nay, nay, exclaimed Lord Norbourne, I cannot go quite so far as that. I have, thanks to your hospitality, laid in a stock of health enough for the ensuing winter: but as to the general benevolence of which you talk, I confess I find no symptoms: if I did, they would alarm me more than those of the gout.