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

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