scurvy

单词scurvy

基本解释

adj.: 卑鄙的；无耻的；下流的；〈废〉同“scurfy”
n.: 坏血病
网络: 坏血症；坏血病患；可鄙的

权威解释

• 坏血病:

  a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C from not eating enough fruit and vegetables

英汉解释

• 卑鄙的;无耻的;下流的

• 【医学】坏血病

• 坏血症

词性分析

• 比较级：scurvier

• 最高级：scurviest

例句

• Captain James Cook had reached Australia"s east coast, and thanks to sauerkraut and citrus juice, he had lost none of his crew to scurvy.

  多亏了腌菜和柠檬，詹姆斯库克船长才能达到澳大利亚的东海岸，没有一个船员得坏血病。

• In the early days of the clipper ships, sailors who went on long voyages would often get a dangerous disease called scurvy.

  在使用快速帆船的初期，远洋海员们往往会患一种叫做坏死病的危险疾病。

• It turned out that the body is due to a chronic lack of vitamin C caused scurvy.

  原来，是由于人体内长期缺乏维生素C引起了坏血病。

• The tooth is thought to have been pulled in 1817 when he suffered from a mouth inflammation diagnosed as scurvy .

  这颗牙齿很可能在1817年被拔下，当时拿破仑罹患了坏血病，而为口腔发炎所苦。

• Scurvy is marked by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes.

  坏血病的症状是海绵状肿胀、牙齿疏松、皮肤和黏膜出血。

• Vitamin C plays a critical role in health, and a prolonged deficiency leads to scurvy and eventually to death.

  维生素C在维持健康方面起了重要的作用，长期缺乏将引起坏血病，最终导致死亡。

• a widely distributed arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy; a concentrated source of vitamin C.

  在北极地区一种分布很广的一种水芹，被认为对坏血病的治疗和预防很有价值；是维他命c主要来源。

• Way station en route to India, Mozambique was also a graveyard for hundreds of Portuguese victims of malaria and scurvy .

  做为前往印度的中转站，莫桑比克同样是数以百计罹患疟疾和坏血病的葡萄牙牺牲品的坟墓。

• Panniculitis has not previously been described in association with scurvy.

  脂膜炎以前未曾描述与坏血病。

• Without the vitamin, scurvy would bring on rashes and gum disease, not to mention very bad breath.

  而坏血病就是由于缺乏维他命而导致的，会引起皮疹，牙周病的症状，口臭就更不在话下。