| 单词 | scurvy |
| 释义 | scurvy n. & adj. --n a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, characterized by swollen bleeding gums and the opening of previously healed wounds, esp. formerly affecting sailors. --adj (scurvier, scurviest) paltry, low, mean, dishonourable, contemptible. Phrases and idioms scurvy grass any cresslike seaside plant of the genus Cochlearia, orig. taken as a cure for scurvy. Derivatives scurvied adj. scurvily adv. Etymology: SCURF + -Y(1): noun sense by assoc. with F scorbut (cf. SCORBUTIC) |
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