ex.cres.cence
excrescence的音标和读音:
DJ音标发音: [ikˈskresəns]
KK音标发音: [ɪkˈskrɛsəns]
excrescence的词性:
n.(名词)
1. An abnormal outgrowth or enlargement, such as a wart.
赘疣:一种不正常的增长或扩大,例如疣
2. A normal outgrowth, such as a fingernail or a beard.
自然长出物:正常的生长,如指甲或胡须
3. A usually unwanted or unncessary accretion:
多余物:通常不想要的或不必要的增长:
“Independent agencies were an excrescence on the Constitution”(Los Angeles Times)
“独立的代理处是宪法不需要的东西”(洛杉矶时报)
excrescence的词源:
4. Middle English
中古英语
5. from Latin excr?scentia
源自 拉丁语 excr?scentia
6. from neuter pl. of excr?sc?ns excr?scent- [present participle of] excr?scere [to grow out]
源自 excr?sc?ns的中性复数 excr?scent- [] excr?scere的现在分词 [长得太大而不能]
7. ex- [ex-]
ex- [前缀,表“从前的,前任的”]
8. cr?scere [to grow] * see ker- 2
cr?scere [生长] *参见 ker- 2