| 单词 | carbuncle |
| 释义 | Related topics: Illness & disability, Jewellerycar·bun·cle /ˈkɑːbʌŋkəl $ ˈkɑːr-/ noun [countable] 1. MIa large painful lump under someone’s skin 痈，疔2. DCJa red jewel, especially a garnet 红宝石，〔尤指〕石榴石Examples from the Corpuscarbuncle• Yet they were covered in carbuncles and boils.• Karl Marx said that the bourgeoisie would suffer from the carbuncles that afflicted his buttocks as he composed Das Kapital.• This can be seen in the liquified, dead centre of the carbuncle.• A heap of bones, a wrecked carbuncle.Origin carbuncle (1200-1300) Old French Latin carbunculus “small piece of burning coal”, from carbo; → CARBONcar·bun·cle nounChineseSyllable someone’s Corpus lump a large under painful skin |
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