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单词 pock
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Definition of pock in English:

pock

noun pɒkpɑk
  • A pockmark.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was a strange-looking man, olived-skinned face marked with scars and pocks from unknown battles.
    • Her head was bare again, and marked by tiny red pocks.
    • The lesions resemble small pocks - tiny, pus-filled blisters most prominent on the face, arms and legs.
    • Obtain a written, signed note from your physician, of take photographs of your children when the pocks have manifested.
    • My pock had become so sore and troublesome ’, soldier Lemuel Roberts recalled, ‘that my clothes stuck fast to my body, especially to my feet; and it became a severe trial to my fortitude, to bear my disorder’.
    • Marks from beatings criss-crossed his back, and deep pocks, apparently from electric shock burns, were gouged in his skin.
    • Those infected, remain contagious until the last pock falls off - about 21 days.
    Synonyms
    scar, pit, pitted scar, mark, blemish

Derivatives

  • pocked

  • adjective pɒktpɑkt
    • He thanked the medical staff who determined he had been poisoned, which caused him extreme internal pain and left his face pocked and grey.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She was tall and deathly skinny, Asian, but with really pale acne pocked skin and black rimmed glasses that matched her long straight hair.
      • Their sides were pocked and scarred.
      • In the second part of Henry IV Barrit's Falstaff, his face pocked with sores and his body decaying, became a more grotesque, more disturbing but also more exuberant figure.
      • In some places the stone is pocked and scarred by the corrosive effects of black sulphates.
  • pocky

  • adjective ˈpɒkiˈpɑki
    archaic
    • Afflicted with pockmarks.

      he turned his pocky face toward us
      Example sentencesExamples
      • So this winter has been a constant deluge of flyers warning about weird rashes and red throats and pocky skin and the nasty stomach virus that wouldn't die.
      • At Bury St Edmunds, Faith Wilson told her neighbour in 1619 to ‘pull up your muffler higher and hide your pocky face’.

Origin

Old English poc 'pustule', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pok and German Pocke. Compare with pox.

Rhymes

ad hoc, amok, Bangkok, baroque, belle époque, bloc, block, bock, brock, chock, chock-a-block, clock, doc, dock, floc, flock, frock, hock, hough, interlock, jock, knock, langue d'oc, lock, Locke, Médoc, mock, nock, o'clock, post hoc, roc, rock, schlock, shock, smock, sock, Spock, stock, wok, yapok
 
 

Definition of pock in US English:

pock

nounpɑkpäk
  • A pockmark.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Those infected, remain contagious until the last pock falls off - about 21 days.
    • My pock had become so sore and troublesome ’, soldier Lemuel Roberts recalled, ‘that my clothes stuck fast to my body, especially to my feet; and it became a severe trial to my fortitude, to bear my disorder’.
    • Marks from beatings criss-crossed his back, and deep pocks, apparently from electric shock burns, were gouged in his skin.
    • Obtain a written, signed note from your physician, of take photographs of your children when the pocks have manifested.
    • The lesions resemble small pocks - tiny, pus-filled blisters most prominent on the face, arms and legs.
    • He was a strange-looking man, olived-skinned face marked with scars and pocks from unknown battles.
    • Her head was bare again, and marked by tiny red pocks.
    Synonyms
    scar, pit, pitted scar, mark, blemish

Origin

Old English poc ‘pustule’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pok and German Pocke. Compare with pox.

 
 
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