callus / ˈkæl əs /

⚽高中词汇胼胝老茧茧子胼胝体

callus3 个定义

n. 名词 noun

plural cal·lus·es.

  1. Pathology, Physiology. a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity.a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
  2. Also callose. Botany. the tissue that forms over the wounds of plants, protecting the inner tissues and causing healing.a deposit on the perforated area of a sieve tube. a tough swelling at the base of a lemma or palea.
v. 无主动词 verb

cal·lused, cal·lus·ing.

  1. to form a callus.
v. 有主动词 verb

cal·lused, cal·lus·ing.

  1. to produce a callus or calluses on: Heavy work callused his hands.

callus 近义词

callus

等同于 harden

更多callus例句

  1. She had earned some of the same rewards as the three Olympians — the calluses.
  2. In some ways the foot would become the shoe needed to make it through daily life because the body has the ability to build up calluses at the bottom of the foot.
  3. The things that really hurt are gravel, knobbly things, things with a lot of texture, until you have calluses.
  4. Instead of futilely trying to stay smooth, eventually it will develop calluses so it can better meet the challenge.
  5. As Otto and I take our first cautious steps into the world together, I wish I could keep our bubble wrapped around us, grow calluses and not care when people stare, become impenetrable.
  6. This callus may form upon any cut surface, or even where the bark has been abraded.
  7. You can get the callus almost every time, but it is very difficult to secure the development of roots afterwards.
  8. President Morris: How about getting callus by three months, we will say, in storage?
  9. On January 11 the cambium ring at the lower end of the cuttings had begun to callus.
  10. The butternut and black walnut hardly showed any callus at all after keeping the sphagnum wet as long as my men would do it.