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单词 scar
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scar

noun
/skɑː(r)/
/skɑːr/
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  1. a mark that is left on the skin after a wound has got better
    • a scar on his cheek
    • Will the operation leave a scar?
    • scar tissue
    Extra Examples
    • She had a long scar running down her face.
    • The cut left a permanen t scar on his arm.
    Topics Illnessc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • deep
    • large
    • long
    verb + scar
    • leave
    • bear
    • expose
    scar + verb
    • remain
    • form
    • fade
    scar + noun
    • tissue
    preposition
    • scar on
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  2. a permanent sad or painful feeling that a person is left with after an unpleasant experience
    • His years in prison have left deep scars.
    • My husband died four years ago and the scar hasn’t healed yet.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • deep
    • large
    • long
    verb + scar
    • leave
    • bear
    • expose
    scar + verb
    • remain
    • form
    • fade
    scar + noun
    • tissue
    preposition
    • scar on
    See full entry
  3. something unpleasant or ugly that damages the appearance or public image of something
    • The town still bears the scars of war.
    • The countryside still bears the scars of the recent hurricane.
    • Racism has been a scar on the game.
  4. an area of a hill or cliff where there is exposed rock and no grass
    • a mile-long limestone scar
  5. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French escharre, via late Latin from Greek eskhara ‘scab’.

scar

verb
/skɑː(r)/
/skɑːr/
[usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they scar
/skɑː(r)/
/skɑːr/
he / she / it scars
/skɑːz/
/skɑːrz/
past simple scarred
/skɑːd/
/skɑːrd/
past participle scarred
/skɑːd/
/skɑːrd/
-ing form scarring
/ˈskɑːrɪŋ/
/ˈskɑːrɪŋ/
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  1. (of a wound, etc.) to leave a mark on the skin after it has got better
    • be/leave somebody scarred His face was badly scarred.
    • The accident left him permanently scarred.
    Topics Illnessc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • badly
    • deeply
    • heavily
    preposition
    • with
    phrases
    • be scarred for life
    • leave somebody scarred
    See full entry
  2. (of an unpleasant experience) to leave somebody with a feeling of being very sad or with mental pain
    • be/leave somebody scarred The experience left her scarred for life.
    Extra Examples
    • She was both physically and mentally scarred by the accident.
    • Their minds were scarred with bitterness.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • badly
    • deeply
    • heavily
    preposition
    • with
    phrases
    • be scarred for life
    • leave somebody scarred
    See full entry
  3. to damage the appearance of something
    • be scarred (by something) The hills are scarred by quarries.
    • battle-scarred buildings
  4. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French escharre, via late Latin from Greek eskhara ‘scab’.
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