late Old English cancer "spreading ulcer, cancerous tumor," from Latin cancer "malignant tumor," literally "crab" (see cancer); influenced in Middle English by Old North French cancre "canker, sore, abscess" (Old French chancre, Modern French chancre). The word was the common one for "cancer" until c. 1700. Also used since 15c. of caterpillars and insect larvae that eat plant buds and leaves. As a verb from late 14c. Related: Cankered; cankerous. Canker blossom is recorded from 1580s.
雙語例句
1. Blighted stems often canker.
有病的莖往往潰爛.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
2. Is hypocrisy the canker of our society?
虛偽是我們社會的弊端 嗎 ?
來自辭典例句
3. His dog has a canker in its ear.
他的狗的耳朵上有一處潰瘍.
來自辭典例句
4. Unlike cold sores, canker sores appear inside the mouth.
不同于唇皰疹, 口腔出現在嘴里面.
來自互聯網
5. The pathogenic fungi of pear canker disease is a new variety.