fester
英 ['festə]
美 ['fɛstɚ]
- vi. 潰爛；化膿
- vt. 使……潰爛；使……痛苦；使……惡化
- n. 潰爛；膿瘡，膿皰
助記提示
1. pistol (literally "tube, pipe") => fist- / fest- "pipe, tube, stalk, straw, reed".
2. find- / fiss- => => fist- / fest- "pipe, tube, stalk, straw, reed".
3. => fest- + -er (diminutive suffix) => fester.
4. => "small sore discharging pus".
中文詞源
fester 化膿來自PIE*bheid, 撕開，裂開，詞源同bite, bitter, fissure. 該詞用來指化膿。
英文詞源
- fester (v.)
- late 14c., of wounds, "to become ulcerous, suppurate," from festre (n.) "a fistula" (c. 1300), or from Old French verb festrir "ulcerate, fester," from festre (n.) "small sore discharging pus." The nouns in Old French and Middle English both are from Latin fistula "pipe, ulcer" (see fistula). Related: Festered; festering; festerment.
雙語例句
- 1. The chops will fester and go to waste.
- 豬排會腐爛，給糟蹋掉。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Resentments are starting to fester.
- 仇恨開始日益加深。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The wound did not fester.
- 傷口未潰爛.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. A dirty wound will probably fester.
- 一個弄贓了的傷口,可能會化膿.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. It's lucky that the wound did not fester.
- 幸好傷口沒有化膿.
來自辭典例句