acne: [19] It is ironic that acne, that represents a low point in many teenagers’ lives, comes from acme, ‘the highest point’. The Greeks used akme, which literally meant ‘point’, for referring to spots on the face, but when it came to be rendered into Latin it was mistransliterated as acnē, and the error has stuck. (Acme comes, incidentally, from an Indo-European base *ak- ‘be pointed’, and thus is related to acid, edge, and oxygen.) => acid, acme, edge, oxygen
1813, from Modern Latin, from aknas, a 6c. Latin clerical misreading of Greek akmas, accusative plural of akme "point" (see acme). The "pointed" pimples are the source of the medical use.
双语例句
1. Severe shock can bring on an attack of acne.
严重的惊吓会造成痤疮突发。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Acne often clears up after the first three months of pregnancy.
粉刺在怀孕3个月后往往会自动消失。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Students often find that their acne flares up before and during exams.
