cancer

英 ['kænsə(r)] 美 ['kænsər]

• n. 癌；肿瘤；毒瘤
• Cancer.
• n. 巨蟹座

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U][C]癌

   a diseased growth in the body, which may cause death

2. [C]迅速蔓延的积弊,弊害

   evil or dangerous thing that spreads quickly

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 弊端，弊病
2. 病根，痼疾
3. 【医】癌症，癌，恶性肿瘤，毒瘤
4. 社会恶习
5. 【天】巨蟹（星）座，巨蟹宫，黄道第四宫
6. 邪恶
7. 属巨蟹座的人（约出生于 6 月 22 日至 7 月 22 日）

英英释义

Noun:

1. any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream

2. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer

3. a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini

4. the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22

5. type genus of the family Cancridae

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He was afflicted with cancer.
   他患了癌症。
2. The patient finally died from cancer.
   那位病人最终死于癌症。
3. He's got a cancer in his liver.
   他得了肝癌。
4. The oncologist invented a new kind of interferon to prevent cancer.
   那位肿瘤学家发明了一种可以预防癌症的干扰素。
5. It was a cancer for permanency and pain.
   那简直是一颗永远折磨人的毒瘤。
6. The doping is a cancer of the pure Olympic Games.
   兴奋剂是纯洁的奥运会的毒瘤。

用作名词 (n.)

1. I'm a Cancer and my brother is a Leo.
   我是巨蟹座，弟弟是狮子座。
2. Cancer knits sweaters and makes fudge for the neighborhood.
   巨蟹座会为邻居织毛衣或者自制巧克力。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. He has received many honors for his research into cancer.
   他因从事癌症方面的研究工作而得到了许多荣誉。
2. Violence is a cancer in our society.
   暴力是我们社会的弊害。

经典引文

• The Cancer men are far more constant than the Cancer women.

  出自： attrib.

• The application of toads to a cancered breast.

  出自： Goldsmith

• This strident fanaticism which had..cancered him with revolt.

  出自： M. Bragg

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• contract〔develop, set〕 cancer 患癌症
• cure〔treat〕 cancer 治疗癌症
• fight against cancer 与癌症对抗

形容词+～

• inoperable cancer 不宜动手术的癌症
• progressive cancer 恶性肿瘤
• terminal cancer 晚期癌症

名词+～

• breast〔skin〕 cancer 乳〔皮肤〕癌
• liver〔lung, stomach〕 cancer 肝〔肺,胃〕癌

～+名词

• cancer cells 癌细胞

介词+～

• the spread of the cancer 癌细胞的扩散

～+介词

• cancer in throat 喉癌
• cancer of breast 乳癌

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自拉丁语的cancer，意为一种蔓延性肿瘤。

近反义词

【近义词】

• rot
• sickness