单词 | scab |
释义 | scab n. & v. --n   1. a dry rough crust formed over a cut, sore, etc. in healing.   2. (often attrib.) colloq. derog. a person who refuses to strike or join a trade union, or who tries to break a strike by working; a blackleg.   3. the mange or a similar skin disease esp. in animals.   4. a fungous plant-disease causing scablike roughness.   5. a dislikeable person. --vintr. (scabbed, scabbing)   1. act as a scab.   2. (of a wound etc.) form a scab; heal over. Derivatives scabbed adj. scabby adj. (scabbier, scabbiest). scabbiness n. scablike adj. Etymology: ME f. ON skabbr (unrecorded), corresp. to OE sceabb |
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