cancer
cancer
noun
cancerous
adjective
语源
noun
- [mass noun]a disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body
癌症
he's got cancer.
他得了癌症。
smoking is the major cause of lung cancer.
吸烟是引起肺癌的主要原因。
■[count noun]a malignant growth or tumour resulting from such a division of cells
癌，恶性肿瘤
most skin cancers are curable.
绝大多数皮肤恶性肿瘤可以医治。
■[count noun](figurative)a practice or phenomenon perceived to be evil or destructive and hard to contain or eradicate
(喻)（难控制或根除的）弊端，痼疾
racism is a cancer sweeping across Europe.
种族主义是席卷欧洲的痼疾。
cancerous
adjective
语源
- Old English, from Latin, crab or creeping ulcer', translating Greek karkinos, said to have been applied to such tumours because the swollen veins around them resembled the limbs of a crab. canker was the usual form until the 17th cent. Compare with Cancer
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