sunstroke

Everyday

An illness caused by staying too long in hot sun, with headache, dizziness, a high body temperature, sickness and sometimes fainting; a serious kind of heatstroke. tree →

In the lessons

In safety and health lessons you learn to prevent sunstroke: wear a hat, drink water, stay in the shade in the hottest part of the day. In first aid, move the person to a cool place, cool them down and get help. «Slip, slop, slap» (Australia) reminds children to protect themselves.

Examples

• He got sunstroke after playing football all afternoon in the heat. tree →
• Wear a hat to avoid sunstroke. tree →
• Sunstroke can make you dizzy and sick. tree →
• Drink plenty of water on hot days so you don't get sunstroke. tree →
• Move someone with sunstroke into the shade and cool them with water. tree →
• The hikers rested in the shade to avoid sunstroke. tree →

Note

Uncountable: «get sunstroke», not «a sunstroke» (usually). Sunburn is red, burned skin; sunstroke is the body overheating — you can have one without the other.