pus

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n. 脓, 脓汁 [医] 脓

发音

US /pʌs/
UK /pʌs/
其它 /pʊs/

词形变化

pura 复数 pussed pusses 三单 pusses pussing pussing 现在分词 pussed 过去式 pussed 过去分词

别名

puss

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria, normally found in regions of bacterial infection.

    脓

    不可数 医学

    Pus was seeping out of the wound.

v.
  1. 1.

    To emit pus.

    罕用

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:pus.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

festering ichor purulence sanies suppuration

上位词 4

humor humour bodily fluid body fluid

下位词 1

gleet

相关短语

pus jewels pus jewel

词源

From Middle English pus (15th c.), a borrowing from Latin pus (“pus”). Widely displaced quitter and atter in this sense.

来源：wiktionary