单词 | sty |
释义 | sty sty1 /stuy/, n. , pl. sties, v. , stied, stying. n. 1. a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen. 2. any filthy place or abode. 3. a place of bestial debauchery. v.t. 4. to keep or lodge in or as if in a sty. v.i. 5. to live in or as if in a sty. [bef. 1000; (n.) ME; OE *sti in sti-fearh sty-pig; prob. identical with stig- in stigweard STEWARD; c. ON sti, D stijg, G Steige] sty2 /stuy/, n. , pl. sties. Ophthalm. a circumscribed abscess caused by bacterial infection of the glands on the edge of the eyelid; hordeolum. Also, stye. [1610-20; by false division of ME styanye sty (styan (OE stigend sty, lit., rising) + ye EYE), taken to be sty on eye] |
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