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单词 fester
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
fes•ter /ˈfɛstɚ/USA pronunciation   v. [no object]
  1. Physiologyto form pus;
    putrefy:a festering wound.
  2. (of hatred, anger, jealousy, etc.) to grow stronger or worse gradually:The desire for revenge festered in her heart.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
fes•ter  (fes′tər),USA pronunciation v.i. 
  1. Physiologyto form pus;
    generate purulent matter;
    suppurate.
  2. Physiologyto cause ulceration, as a foreign body in the flesh.
  3. Physiologyto putrefy or rot.
  4. to rankle, as a feeling of resentment.

v.t. 
  1. to cause to rankle:Malice festered his spirit.

n. 
  1. Physiologyan ulcer;
    a rankling sore.
  2. Physiologya small, purulent, superficial sore.
  • Old French festrir
  • Latin fistula fistula (for -l- -r- compare chapter); (verb, verbal) Middle English festryn, derivative of the noun, nominal or
  • Anglo-French, Old French festre
  • (noun, nominal) Middle English festir, festre 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
fester /ˈfɛstə/ vb
  1. to form or cause to form pus
  2. (intransitive) to become rotten; decay
  3. to become or cause to become bitter, irritated, etc, esp over a long period of time; rankle
 n
  1. a small ulcer or sore containing pus
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French festre suppurating sore, from Latin: fistula
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