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cankered

/kang-kerd/US // ˈkæŋ kərd //

破烂不堪,破损的,破旧的,破烂不堪的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : morally corrupt.
    • : bad-tempered.
    • : destroyed or having portions destroyed by the feeding of a cankerworm.having a cankerous part; infected with a canker.
    • : ulcerated.

Examples

  • Why is a cankered tie indissoluble, notwithstanding the great maxim adopted by the code, Quicquid ligatur dissolubile est?

  • One of them spoke of such charming impudence, and George looked at her with his cankered eye.

  • He has become rotten without ever being ripe, the flower to which he should have attained has been cankered in the bud.

  • "The fruit is the cankered effort of a barren tree," cast back Weng over his shoulder.

  • Is not thy effrontery impenetrable, and thy heart thoroughly cankered?