| 单词 | cure |
| 释义 | cure v. & n. --v 1. tr. (often foll. by of) restore (a person or animal) to health (was cured of pleurisy). 2. tr. eliminate (a disease, evil, etc.). 3. tr. preserve (meat, fruit, tobacco, or skins) by salting, drying, etc. 4. tr. a vulcanize (rubber). b harden (concrete or plastic). 5. intr. effect a cure. 6. intr. undergo a process of curing. --n 1. restoration to health. 2. a thing that effects a cure. 3. a course of medical or healing treatment. 4. a the office or function of a curate. b a parish or other sphere of spiritual ministration. 5. a the process of curing rubber or plastic. b (with qualifying adj.) the degree of this. Phrases and idioms cure-all a panacea; a universal remedy. Derivatives curer n. Etymology: ME f. OF curer f. L curare take care of f. cura care |
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