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canker

/kang-ker/US // ˈkæŋ kər //UK // (ˈkæŋkə) //

口疮,口疮病,口臭,口香糖

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a gangrenous or ulcerous sore, especially in the mouth.
    • : a disease affecting horses' feet, usually the soles, characterized by a foul-smelling exudate.
    • : a defined area of diseased tissue, especially in woody stems.
    • : something that corrodes, corrupts, destroys, or irritates.
    • : Also called canker rose .British Dialect. dog rose.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to infect with canker.
    • : to corrupt; destroy slowly.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to become infected with or as if with canker.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Dr. Walsh informed me that he deemed it excellent for canker in the ear, but of that I have had no experience.

  • Thou eating canker-worm, that preyest upon the opening bud, and turnest the damask-rose into livid yellowness!

  • The canker eat into the rose—soiled and marred its perfectness—chipped and wasted its beauty—but could not destroy its perfume!

  • A fallacy, a canker at the heart of our social fabric today, is that the daily task is something to be rid of.

  • The extravagant and imprudent conduct of his sons also acted as a canker upon his heart.