convalesce
verb🔊/ˌkɒnvəˈles/
🔊/ˌkɑːnvəˈles/
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they convalesce | 🔊/ˌkɒnvəˈles/ 🔊/ˌkɑːnvəˈles/ |
| he / she / it convalesces | 🔊/ˌkɒnvəˈlesɪz/ 🔊/ˌkɑːnvəˈlesɪz/ |
| past simple convalesced | 🔊/ˌkɒnvəˈlest/ 🔊/ˌkɑːnvəˈlest/ |
| past participle convalesced | 🔊/ˌkɒnvəˈlest/ 🔊/ˌkɑːnvəˈlest/ |
| -ing form convalescing | 🔊/ˌkɒnvəˈlesɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌkɑːnvəˈlesɪŋ/ |
to spend time getting your health and strength back after an illness 逐步康复；（身体）恢复 Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin convalescere, from con- ‘altogether’ + valescere ‘grow strong’ (from valere ‘be well’).