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scab

/skab/US // skæb //UK // (skæb) //

结痂,结疤,疤痕,痂皮

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
    • : Veterinary Pathology. a mangy disease in animals, especially sheep; scabies.Compare itch.
    • : Plant Pathology. a disease of plants characterized by crustlike lesions on the affected parts and caused by a fungus or bacterium.one of these crustlike lesions.
    • : a worker who refuses to join a labor union or to participate in a union strike, who takes a striking worker's place on the job, or the like.
    • : Slang. a rascal or scoundrel.
    • : Metallurgy. a projection or roughness on an ingot or casting from a defective mold.a surface defect on an iron or steel piece resulting from the rolling in of scale.
    • : Carpentry. a short, flat piece of wood used for various purposes, as binding two timbers butted together or strengthening a timber at a weak spot.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    scabbed, scab·bing.

    • : to become covered with a scab.
    • : to act or work as a scab.

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Examples

  • Before vaccines, physicians would blow smallpox scabs up people’s noses or stab them with pus-laced needles to build up their resistance to the virus.

  • Late last week, Baez was successful in scratching the ugly scab of Anthony family dysfunction.

  • The vesicles dry gradually, and between the fourteenth and twentieth days the scab falls off, leaving a pitted scar.

  • Across his back there was a furrow through his fur, and a long scab where a bullet had raked him.

  • I think the colonial surgeons call the disease the "bush scab;" and that it is occasioned by a filthy mode of life.

  • These continue for a short time, break, discharge their matter, and are followed by a blackish scab.

  • There is not the least bit of sense in belonging to a union if you are to become a "scab" when you go to the ballot-box.