| 单词 | deformity |
| 释义 | deformity (once / 1992 pages) n A deformity happens when a body part is misshapen. A deformity can also be a change for the worse in something's appearance. A two-headed kitten has a deformity. Usually a deformity is the result of an accident or a genetic defect. Although most people want to avoid deformities, in the novel Geek Love by Katherine Dunn (1989), the mother of a circus family takes drugs while she’s pregnant, hoping to cause deformities in her children. She succeeds with her son Arturo, who has flippers instead of arms and legs. In his world, people with regular arms and legs have the deformity. WORD FAMILYdeformity: deformities+/deform: deformation, deformed, deforming, deforms/deformation: deformational, deformations/deformed: deformedly, deformity/form: biform, deform, formation, formative, formed, forming, formless, forms, multiform, preform, reform/formation: formations, re-formation/formative: formatively, formatives/formed: ill-formed, re-formed, unformed/formless: formlessly/preform: preformation, preformed, preforms/preformation: preformations/reform: reformable, reformation, reformative, reformatory, reformed, reformer, reforming, reformism, reforms/reformable: unreformable/reformation: counterreformation, reformations, self-reformation/reformatory: reformatories/reformed: reformedly, unreformed/reformer: reformers/reformism: reformist/reformist: reformists/unformed: unformedly USAGE EXAMPLESYou’ve seen them in those nasty television ads - the ones with the rotted teeth, swollen gums, blackened lungs and other ugly deformities. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) Palacio is a novel about a boy with a facial deformity who is going to school for the first time. Wall Street Journal(Nov 25, 2016) Thousands of babies have suffered deformities as a result of the infection. New York Times(Nov 18, 2016) 1n an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed Syn|Hypo|Hyper malformation, misshapenness Arnold-Chiari deformity deformity in which part of the brain protrudes through the skull clawfoot, pes cavusa deformity of the foot characterized by an abnormally high arch and hyperextension of the toes which gives the foot the appearance of a claw cleft foota deformity in which the space between the third and fourth toes extends up into the foot clubfoot, talipescongenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes chicken breast, pigeon breastabnormal protrusion of the breastbone caused by rickets plagiocephalycongenital malformation of the skull in which the main axis of the skull is oblique scaphocephalycongenital malformation of the skull which is long and narrow; frequently accompanied by mental retardation valgusa deformity in which there is an abnormal displacement of part of a limb away from the midline of the body varusa deformity in which part of a limb is turned inward to an abnormal degree talipes valgusdeformity of the foot in which the foot is twisted outward talipes equinustalipes in which the toes are pointed downward talipes calcaneustalipes in which the toes are pointed upward and the person walks on the heel of the foot affliction a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health 2n an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen Syn|Hyper disfiguration, disfigurement appearance, visual aspect outward or visible aspect of a person or thing |
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