单词 | cancer |
释义 | cancer1/ˈkansə /noun [mass noun] 1A disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body: he’s got cancer lung cancer...
1.1 [count noun] A malignant growth or tumour resulting from an uncontrolled division of cells: most skin cancers are curable...
Synonyms malignant growth, cancerous growth, malignant tumour, tumour, malignancy technical carcinoma, sarcoma, melanoma, lymphoma, myeloma, neoplasm, metastasis, neurofibroma, teratoma, fibroadenoma, meningioma 1.2 [count noun] An evil or destructive practice or phenomenon that is hard to contain or eradicate: racism is a cancer sweeping across Europe...
Synonyms evil, blight, scourge, poison, canker, sickness, disease, pestilence, plague; rot, corruption OriginOld 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 century Compare with Cancer.
RhymesCancer2/ˈkansə /1 Astronomy A constellation (the Crab), said to represent a crab crushed under the foot of Hercules. It contains the globular star cluster of Praesepe or the Beehive. 1.1 (as genitive Cancri ˈkaŋkri) Used with preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in this constellation: the star Delta Cancri 2 Astrology The fourth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters at the northern summer solstice (about 21 June). 2.1 (a Cancer) A person born when the sun is in the sign of Cancer.Traditionally, the caring professions attract sun-sign Cancers, but professions connected with the past also appeal greatly, as does cookery....
Phrasestropic of Cancer OriginLatin. |
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