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单词 scab
释义

scab

1 of 2

noun

ˈskab How to pronounce scab (audio)
1
: scabies of domestic animals
2
: a crust of hardened blood and serum over a wound
3
a
: a contemptible person
b(1)
: a worker who refuses to join a labor union
(2)
: a union member who refuses to strike or returns to work before a strike has ended
(3)
: a worker who accepts employment or replaces a union worker during a strike
(4)
: one who works for less than union wages or on nonunion terms
4
: any of various bacterial or fungus diseases of plants characterized by crustaceous spots
also : one of the spots

scab

2 of 2

verb

scabbed; scabbing

intransitive verb

1
: to become covered with a scab
2
: to act as a scab

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
While that potential simmers in the background, Johnson scratches the fresh scab over Brand’s betrayal. John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2022 The unusual sight of the river, a brown scab through the green swatch of cottonwood and willow trees, has shocked those who live along the river. Meryl Kornfield, Anchorage Daily News, 23 July 2022 The attack has scraped off the scab hiding Black trauma and neglect in what’s called the City of Good Neighbors, residents, business owners, and faith leaders said. Aaron Morrison, BostonGlobe.com, 22 May 2022 Chafing When evil fabric rubs you the wrong way and causes a hyper-friction reaction in the form of painful scab-like skin markings in uncomfortable areas. Allison Pattillo, Outside Online, 12 Sep. 2014 The problem is, everybody wants to keep picking the scab. Justin Sherman, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2021 This may be the time to stop picking at the scab that is the vaccination wars. Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2022 Death has been close at hand in real life throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, so gathering ‘round a fictional TV series as marked by it as this one can be a strange feeling — at once cathartic and painful, like picking at a scab. Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2022 The movie never successfully replicates the fear that was a hallmark of playing the video games, and its approach to ample gore is only as imaginative as a kid picking at a scab. Kimber Myers, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2021
Verb
Thwarting the rash could also help people make a swifter exit from isolation, which can stretch for weeks as patients wait for their lesions to scab and heal over. Emily Alpert Reyes, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2022 After that, the rash goes through phases, including pustules progressing to blisters that eventually scab over. Dr. Mark Abdelmalek, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2022 That's followed by a painful rash that develops into fluid-containing pustules that scab over. The Week Staff, The Week, 21 Aug. 2022 Thwarting the rash could also help people make a swifter exit from isolation, which can stretch for weeks as patients wait for their lesions to scab and heal over. Emily Alpert Reyes, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2022 The lesions may be painful or itchy, and will eventually scab over and fall off before fully healing. Korin Miller, SELF, 18 Aug. 2022 The lesions eventually scab over and fall off, usually within two to four weeks. Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 17 Aug. 2022 Thwarting the rash could also help people make a swifter exit from isolation, which can stretch for weeks as patients wait for their lesions to scab and heal over. Emily Alpert Reyes, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2022 Thwarting the rash could also help people make a swifter exit from isolation, which can stretch for weeks as patients wait for their lesions to scab and heal over. Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Swedish skabbr scab; akin to Old English sceabb scab, Latin scabere to scratch — more at shave

First Known Use

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1683, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

scab

noun

ˈskab How to pronounce scab (audio)
: a crust mostly of hardened blood that forms over and protects a sore or wound as it heals

Medical Definition

scab 1 of 2

noun

ˈskab How to pronounce scab (audio)
1
: scabies of domestic animals
2
: a hardened covering of dried secretions (as blood, plasma, or pus) that forms over a wound

called also crust

scab

2 of 2

intransitive verb

scabbed; scabbing
: to become covered with a scab
the wound scabbed over

Legal Definition

scab

noun

1
: a worker who refuses to join a labor union
2
: a union member who refuses to strike or returns to work before a strike has ended
3
: a worker who accepts employment or replaces a union worker during a strike : strikebreaker
4
: one who works for less than union wages or on nonunion terms

scab

noun

as in rogue

Synonyms & Similar Words

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