Scar



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 伤痕, 伤疤
• ［英］ n. 伤痕, 伤疤 ( a mark remaining on the skin from a wound
• ［例］ a face scarred by smallpox ( 麻子脸)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English skere, from Old Norse sker skerry; probably akin to Old Norse skera to cut — more at shear
• Date: 14th century
• 1. an isolated or protruding rock
• 2. a steep rocky eminence ; a bare place on the side of a mountain

II. noun

• Etymology: Middle English escare, scar, from Middle French escare scab, from Late Latin eschara, from Greek, hearth, brazier, scab
• Date: 14th century
• 1. a mark left (as in the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
• 2.
  • a. a mark left on a stem or branch by a fallen leaf or harvested fruit
  • b. cicatrix 2
• 3. a mark or indentation resulting from damage or wear
• 4. a lasting moral or emotional injury <one of his men had been killed…in a manner that left a scar upon his mind — H. G. Wells>
• ? scarless adjective

III. verb (scarred; scarring)

• Date: 1555
• transitive verb
  • 1. to mark with a scar
  • 2. to do lasting injury to
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to form a scar
  • 2. to become scarred

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