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yaws

/yawz/US // yɔz //UK // (jɔːz) //

呵护

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Pathology.

    • : an infectious, nonvenereal tropical disease, primarily of children, characterized by raspberrylike eruptions of the skin and caused by a spirochete, Treponema pertenue, that is closely related to the agent of syphilis.

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Examples

  • I noticed that from this moment Martin displayed a swiftly increasing interest in his own yaws.

  • Martin, in despair, has taken to horse-doctoring his yaws with bluestone and to blessing the Solomons.

  • All white men in the Solomons catch yaws, and every cut or abrasion practically means another yaw.

  • At the present moment of writing I have five yaws on my hands and three more on my shin.

  • Mrs. London and Jack came down with fever, and their yaws grew worse.