a boil or other swelling or growth on the skin, especially a sebaceous cyst 皮肤上的疔疮(或表皮囊肿,尤指皮脂腺囊肿、粉瘤) ■(archaic)an outstandingly large or overcrowded city (古)(人口众多的)大城市 the great wen of London. 大城市伦敦。
语源
Old English wen(n), of unknown origin; compare with Low German wehne 'tumour, wart'
wen2 (亦作 wyn) noun
a runic letter, used in Old and Middle English, later replaced by w 古英语和中古英语使用的字母(后被w所取代)
语源
Old English, literally 'joy'; so named because it is the first letter of this word. Compare with sense 3 of thorn and sense 2 of ash