| 释义 |
canker /kangˈkər/ noun- An ulcer
- Ulceration
- A fungal disease in trees and shrubs
- Inflammation in horses' feet
- Irritation and ulceration in dogs' and cats' ears
- An abscess or ulcer in birds
- Anything that corrupts, consumes, irritates or decays
- A cankerworm
- A dog rose (Shakespeare)
transitive verb- To eat into, corrupt or destroy
- To infect or pollute
- To make sour and ill-conditioned
intransitive verb- To grow corrupt
- To decay
ORIGIN: L cancer a crab cankˈered adjective - Malignant, soured, crabbed
- Corroded (obsolete)
- Polluted (obsolete)
cankˈeredly adverb cankˈeredness noun cankˈerous adjective Corroding like a canker cankˈery adjective - Affected with canker
- Crabbed (Scot)
cankˈerworm noun A larva that feeds on and destroys plants, esp fruit |