rankle

vi. 化脓, 怨恨 vt. 使怨恨

发音

AU /ˈɹæŋ.kəl/
US /ˈɹæŋ.kəl/

词形变化

rankles 复数 rankled rankles 三单 rankles rankleth rankling rankling 现在分词 rankled 过去式 rankled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A festering, embittering object or condition, either mental, or a physical sore or ulcer.

    罕用
v.
  1. 1.

    To cause irritation, bitterness or acrimony.

    不及物 及物

    My colleague's gratuitous criticism still rankles with me.

    I stood trembling with agony for the spear was rankling in the wound.

  2. 2.

    To fester.

    不及物

    a splinter rankles in the flesh

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

fret grate eat into

上位词 10

bother devil rag annoy gravel irritate vex rile nettle get to

词源

From Middle English ranklen, ranclen, from Old French rancler, räoncler, draoncler (“to ulcerate, to form a boil”), from Old French draoncle (“a boil”), from Latin dracunculus (“little serpent”), diminutive of Latin dracō (“serpent, dragon”).

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