| 释义 |
cure1 /kūr/ noun- That which heals
- A remedy, or course of remedial treatment
- A means of improving a situation
- A course or method of preserving or arresting decomposition
- The total quantity cured
- Treatment by which a product is finished or made ready for use
- Care of the sick
- An act of healing
- Care of souls or spiritual charge
transitive verb- To heal or make better
- To eliminate (an illness, harmful habit, etc)
- To preserve by drying, salting, etc
- To finish by means of chemical change, eg to vulcanize (a rubber), or to use heat or chemicals in the last stage of preparing (a thermosetting plastic)
intransitive verb To undergo a process or course of curing ORIGIN: OFr cure, from L cūra care cūrabilˈity noun cūrˈable adjective cūrˈableness noun cūrˈative adjective Tending to cure (also cūrˈatory) noun A substance that cures cūrˈatively adverb cūreˈless adjective That cannot be cured cūrˈer noun cūreˈ-all noun A panacea |