scrofulous
英 ['skrɒfjʊləs]
美['skrɔfjələs]
- adj. 堕落的；淋巴结核的，瘰疬的
中文词源
scrofulous 淋巴结核的
scrofula,淋巴结核，-ous,形容词后缀。
英英释意
- 1. afflicted with scrofula
- 2. morally contaminated;
- "denounce the scrofulous wealth of the times"- J.D.Hart
- 3. having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula;
- "our canoe...lay with her scrofulous sides on the shore"- Farley Mowat
英文词源
- scrofulous (adj.)
- early 15c., from Medieval Latin scrophulosus; see scrofula + -ous. Related: Scrofulously; scrofulousness.