fester

英 ['festə] 美 ['fɛstɚ]
  • vi. 溃烂；化脓
  • vt. 使……溃烂；使……痛苦；使……恶化
  • n. 溃烂；脓疮，脓疱
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1. pistol (literally "tube, pipe") => fist- / fest- "pipe, tube, stalk, straw, reed".
2. find- / fiss- => => fist- / fest- "pipe, tube, stalk, straw, reed".
3. => fest- + -er (diminutive suffix) => fester.
4. => "small sore discharging pus".

中文词源

fester 化脓

来自PIE*bheid, 撕开，裂开，词源同bite, bitter, fissure. 该词用来指化脓。

英文词源

fester (v.)
late 14c., of wounds, "to become ulcerous, suppurate," from festre (n.) "a fistula" (c. 1300), or from Old French verb festrir "ulcerate, fester," from festre (n.) "small sore discharging pus." The nouns in Old French and Middle English both are from Latin fistula "pipe, ulcer" (see fistula). Related: Festered; festering; festerment.

双语例句

1. The chops will fester and go to waste.
猪排会腐烂，给糟蹋掉。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Resentments are starting to fester.
仇恨开始日益加深。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The wound did not fester.
伤口未溃烂.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. A dirty wound will probably fester.
一个弄赃了的伤口,可能会化脓.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. It's lucky that the wound did not fester.
幸好伤口没有化脓.

来自辞典例句