| 单词 | canker |
| 释义 | canker (once / 4764 pages) 1nv 2n A canker is something terrible that is hard to get rid of. Think of how you feel about the canker sore in your mouth. Drug use is a canker on our society, destroying lives and families. In medicine, cankers are ulcers that are difficult to treat (the word is closely related to cancer). In agriculture, they are a disease that attacks the bark of apple trees. If one kid in your class misbehaves, and everyone suddenly follows his lead, that kid could be described (by your teachers) as a canker. WORD FAMILYcanker: cankered, cankering, cankerous, cankers USAGE EXAMPLESUsually canker sores hurt for only a few days and go away completely in a week or two. Time(Nov 11, 2016) And some people sensitive to the substances could develop canker sores or experience peeling of mouth tissue after as little as one use. Washington Post(Oct 28, 2016) Part of the parish already was under quarantine for citrus canker. Washington Times(Oct 04, 2016) 1 1n an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth) Syn|Hyper canker sore ulcer, ulceration a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue 2n a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark Hyper plant disease a disease that affects plants 3v become infected with a canker Hyper come down, sicken get sick 4v infect with a canker 2Hyper infect communicate a disease to n a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of according to him, I was the canker in their midst Syn|Hyper pestilence influence a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do |
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