sic

adverb
🔊/sɪk/
🔊/sɪk/
(from Latin)
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  1. written after a word that you have copied from somewhere, to show that you know that the word is wrongly spelled or wrong in some other way(注于引文后,表示原文存在拼写等错误)原文如此
    • In the letter to parents it said: ‘The school is proud of it’s [sic] record of excellence’.在致家长的信中写道:“ The school is proud of it's(原文如此)record of excellence ”。
    Word OriginLatin, literally ‘so, thus’.

sic

verb
🔊/sɪk/
🔊/sɪk/
(North American English, informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they sic
🔊/sɪk/
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he / she / it sics
🔊/sɪks/
🔊/sɪks/
past simple sicced
🔊/sɪkt/
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past participle sicced
🔊/sɪkt/
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-ing form siccing
🔊/ˈsɪkɪŋ/
🔊/ˈsɪkɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. sic somebody to attack somebody攻击
    • Sic him, Duke! (= said to a dog)杜克,咬他!(对狗说)🔊🔊
    Word OriginLatin, literally ‘so, thus’.