scab
- IPA[skab]
英式
- a dry, rough protective crust that forms over a cut or wound during healing.；mange or a similar skin disease in animals.
- become encrusted or covered with a scab or scabs；act or work as a scab
verb: scab, 3rd person present: scabs, gerund or present participle: scabbing, past tense: scabbed, past participle: scabbed
noun: scab, plural noun: scabs
- 釋義
- 相關詞
名詞
- 1. a dry, rough protective crust that forms over a cut or wound during healing.
- 2. mange or a similar skin disease in animals.
- ▪ any of a number of fungal diseases of plants in which rough patches develop, especially on apples and potatoes.
- 3. informal a person or thing regarded with contempt.
- ▪ derogatory a person who refuses to strike or join a trade union or who takes the place of a striking worker.
動詞
- 1. become encrusted or covered with a scab or scabs I had a cut on my arm that had scabbed over the wound had barely begun to scab, let alone heal
- 2. derogatory act or work as a scab two inspectors who scabbed on the last strike were out this week
- 3. British informal scrounge she tried to scab a fag off me
- (of a part of the body) having or covered in scabs: the pads he wore didn't protect his scabbed knees
Oxford American Dictionary
- (of a part of the body) having or covered in scabs: the pads he wore didn't protect his scabbed knees
Oxford Dictionary
- an intensely itching skin disease of sheep caused by a parasitic mite.
Oxford Dictionary
- an intensely itching skin disease of sheep caused by a parasitic mite.
Oxford American Dictionary
- the task of picking up litter on school premises, given to a pupil as a punishment: he pushed past a few gloomy-looking punkettes doing scab duty out front
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[skab]
美式
- a dry, rough protective crust that forms over a cut or wound during healing.
- become encrusted or covered with a scab or scabs: I had a cut on my arm that had scabbed over the wound had barely begun to scab, let alone heal
Oxford American Dictionary
