| 单词 | blister |
| 释义 | blister (once / 1242 pages) 1nv 2v A blister is a fluid-filled bubble people get where something rubs or burns the skin. Common causes are wearing fancy new shoes, playing sports, and trying to cook bananas flambé. Having a blister is no fun. A blister is a round raised area caused by repeated friction or rubbing. A second-degree burn can also cause a blister. A blister isn’t always a human problem. Plants can get blisters, and sometimes air bubbles on the surface of a painted wall or a shellacked table are called blisters. The verb blister means to form a blister. The Old French root word is blestre, "lump or bump." WORD FAMILYblister: blistered, blistering, blisters, blistery+/blistering: blisteringly, blisterings USAGE EXAMPLESTwo years ago on this date, this Staten Island rock band bade farewell to the Brooklyn D.I.Y. venue Glasslands with a blistering set. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) The blister burst and became a bedsore that wouldn’t heal. Seattle Times(Dec 21, 2016) It’s a knockout moment, delivered by a blistering Davis with tears and snot smeared across her face. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1 1n (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid Syn|Hypo|Hyper bleb, bulla water blister blister containing a nonpurulent clear watery content blood blisterblister containing blood or bloody serum usually caused by an injury pustulea small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus pocka pustule in an eruptive disease cyst, vesicle a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid) 2n (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin Hyper enation, plant process a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ 3n a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint) Hyper defect, fault, flaw an imperfection in an object or machine 4v cause blisters to form on the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet Syn|Hyper vesicate get blistered alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 5v get blistered 2Her feet blistered during the long hike Syn|Hyper vesicate intumesce, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce expand abnormally v subject to harsh criticism The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday Syn|Hyper scald, whip assail, assault, attack, lash out, round, snipe attack in speech or writing |
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