excrescence

英 [ɪkˈskresns]

美 [ɪkˈskresns]

n.  赘生物; 赘疣; 瘤

复数：excrescences　

医学

BNC.34219 / COCA.39401

牛津词典

noun

• 赘生物；赘疣；瘤
  an ugly lump that has grown on a part of an animal's body or on a plant
  1. The new office block is an excrescence (= it is very ugly) .
     这座新办公楼很是煞风景。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 多余物;累赘
  If you describe something such as a building, addition, or development as anexcrescence, you strongly disapprove of it because you think it is unnecessary, bad, or ugly.
  1. ...an architectural excrescence...
     多余的建筑物
  2. The trade union block vote is an excrescence on democracy.
     工会集团投票制是民主的毒瘤。

英英释义

noun

• (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
• something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
  1. the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
  2. the hump of a camel
  3. he stood on the rocky prominence
  4. the occipital protuberance was well developed
  5. the bony excrescence between its horns
  Synonym:bulgebumphumpswellinggibbositygibbousnessjutprominenceprotuberanceprotrusionextrusion

双语例句

• Observations of DDVP to induce the occurrence of in peripheral blood neutrophil nuclear excrescence and micronuclei of mice
  敌敌畏诱发小鼠外周血中性粒细胞核突与微核的观察
• The trade union block vote is an excrescence on democracy.
  工会集团投票制是民主的毒瘤。
• In my opinion, the new museum extension is an excrescence.
  依我的观点，这座新博物馆扩建的部分是个累赘。
• I thought that this treatment of Indians was an excrescence upon a system that was intrinsically and mainly good.
  我当时想，对待印度人的这种行为只是在一个本质基本良好的肌体上生长的一个肿瘤。
• She says she wants me to look after this excrescence while he's in New York.
  她说她希望这个笨蛋在纽约时我们照顾好他。
• Later, I began to have experiences which showed me that this sort of theatre is just a relatively minor excrescence in the great, world-wide tradition of theatre making.
  后来，我的经验告诉我这种戏剧与那些伟大的，世界范围内的戏剧制作传统相比是微不足道的。
• The house is a mere unsightly excrescence in the landscape.
  这间房子是这风景画中难看的累赘。
• The application value of ultrasonic diagnosis by thoraces in infective endocarditis valve excrescence
  经胸超声诊断感染性心内膜炎瓣膜赘生物形成
• Formerly she chooses more loose clothes, covers up the excrescence ingeniously;
  以往她都是选择较为宽松的衣服，巧妙地遮掩赘肉；
• Independent agencies were an excrescence on the Constitution ( Los Angeles Times) And it has remained independent even as many competitors have sought the shelter of conglomerates.
  独立的代理处是宪法不需要的东西（洛杉矶时报）它一直寻求独立，甚至许多竞争对手的庇护报表。