illness /'ilnis; hlnis/ n 1 [U] state of being ill (contrasted with health)'. 不睡康; 疾病 (與 health 相 N) There has been no/not much/a great deal of ~ in the village this winter. 今年冬季這村里沒(méi)有(沒(méi)有什么，有許多) 疾病。 2 [C] specific kind of, occasion of, ~: 某種疾病; 生?。?~ es of children; 兒童所患的各種疾病; a serious ~; 重病; one ~ after another. 一次又一次的生病。