cancerous

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a. 癌的, 似癌的, 生癌的 [医] 癌性的

发音

其它 /ˈkænsəɹəs/

词形变化

more cancerous 比较级 most cancerous 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

癌的；生癌的；像癌的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Relating to or affected with cancer.

    医学
  2. 2.

    Growing or spreading rapidly to the point of harm.

    比喻
  3. 3.

    Extremely unpleasant; detestable.

    俚语

    I love this show, but the fanbase is so toxic and cancerous.

词汇关系

形容词

近义相关 2

malignant malign

词源

From Middle English cancerous, from Latin cancerōsus, from cancer (“crab; tumor, cancer”) + -ōsus (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, cancer + -ous.

来源：wiktionary