单词 | blister |
释义 | blister From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Illness & disabilityblisterblis‧ter1 /ˈblɪstə $ -ər/ ●○○ noun [countable]1 MIINJUREa swelling on your skin containing clear liquid, caused, for example, by a burn or continuous rubbing New shoes always give me blisters.2 DTa swelling on the surface of metal, rubber, painted wood etcExamples from the Corpusblister• In doing so, he developed a blister on his foot that turned into a diabetic ulcer.• It is a flu-like illness which causes blisters on the hands and mouth.• After two miles of road, and maybe the first blisters and unknown muscles making their presence felt, came the test!• It affects all cloven-hoofed animals, which develop painful blisters around the mouth and feet.• The blisters were hurting and the men persuasive. Illness & disabilityblisterblister2 verb [intransitive, transitive]MITto develop blisters, or make blisters form The paint will blister in the heat. —blistered adjective My hands were blistered from all the digging.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusblister• Even as he watched, the paint on the metal surface of the door began to blister.• It is a small, rocky body; its surface is covered with craters and blistered by the heat of the Sun.• Brown blistered his players for their weak defensive game.• The paint may blister in a mild attack or show yellow soapy runs in a severe attack.Origin blister1 (1300-1400) Old French blestre, blostre “swelling on the skin”, from Middle Dutch bluyster “blister” |
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