| 单词 | cancer |
| 释义 | cancer n. 1. a any malignant growth or tumour from an abnormal and uncontrolled division of body cells. b a disease caused by this. 2. an evil influence or corruption spreading uncontrollably. 3. (Cancer) a a constellation, traditionally regarded as contained in the figure of a crab. b the fourth sign of the zodiac (the Crab). c a person born when the sun is in this sign. Phrases and idioms cancer stick sl. a cigarette. Tropic of Cancer see TROPIC. Derivatives Cancerian n. & adj. (in sense 3). cancerous adj. Etymology: ME f. L, = crab, cancer, after Gk karkinos |
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