| 单词 | metastasize |
| 释义 | metastasize (mɪtæstəsaɪz ) Word forms: metastasizes, metastasizing, metastasizedregional note: in BRIT, also use metastasise 1. verb If cancer cells metastasize, they spread to another part of the body. [medicine] A checkup revealed a small tumour on the left lower lobe of his lung, but it had not yet metastasized. [VERB] ...when diagnosis is delayed until cancer has metastasized to other parts of the body. [VERB to noun] 2. verb If a problem metastasizes, it spreads in an uncontrolled way. Corruption metastasized into any parts of the state apparatus that remained healthy. [VERB into noun] The first people of this land often live on the frontlines of our metastasizing climate disaster. [VERB-ing] |
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