canker

FREQ #47427

n. 溃疡, 腐蚀因素 vi. 患溃疡, 腐蚀, 溃烂 vt. 使患溃疡, 使腐蚀

发音

US /ˈkæŋkɚ/
其它
UK /ˈkæŋkə/

词形变化

cankers 复数 cankers cankered cankering cankers 三单 cankering 现在分词 cankered 过去式 cankered 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A plant disease marked by gradual decay.

    可数 不可数 生物 植物学 医学
  2. 2.

    A region of dead plant tissue caused by such a disease.

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  3. 3.

    A worm or grub that destroys plant buds or leaves; cankerworm.

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  4. 4.

    A corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth.

    可数 不可数
  5. 5.

    Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroys.

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  6. 6.

    A kind of wild rose; the dog rose.

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  7. 7.

    An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths. Usually resulting from neglected thrush.

    可数 不可数
  8. 8.

    An avian disease affecting doves, poultry, parrots and birds of prey, caused by Trichomonas gallinae.

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  9. 9.

    A crab.

    可数 罕用 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To infect or pollute; to corrupt.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.

    不及物
  4. 4.

    To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.

    不及物

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词源

From Middle English canker, cancre, from Old English cancer (“cancer; crab”), akin to Dutch kanker, Old High German chanchar. Ultimately from Latin cancer (“a cancer”). Doublet of cancer, a later borrowing from Latin, and chancre, which came through French.

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