Word · Frequency #24707
scurvies
坏血病
scurvies is the plural of scurvy.
A disease caused by a lack of vitamin C, marked by spots on the skin, spongy gums, loose teeth, and bleeding.
- 1.
A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C, leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes; (countable, obsolete) an occurrence of this disease.
坏血病
- 2.
a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
由缺乏抗坏血酸(维生素C)引起的疾病
由缺乏抗坏血酸(维生素C)引起的疾病
In use
Sailors often got scurvy on long voyages because they lacked fresh fruit.
A diet rich in vitamin C can prevent scurvy.
Scurvy was once a common problem among explorers and soldiers.
Connections
Collocations
- prevent scurvy
- 预防坏血病
- Eating fresh fruit can help prevent scurvy.吃新鲜水果有助于预防坏血病。
- suffer from scurvy
- 患坏血病
- Sailors used to suffer from scurvy on long voyages.水手过去在长途航行中常患坏血病。
- treat scurvy
- 治疗坏血病
- Vitamin C is used to treat scurvy.维生素C用于治疗坏血病。
- scurvy symptoms
- 坏血病的症状
- Bleeding gums are one of the scurvy symptoms.牙龈出血是坏血病的症状之一。
Synonyms
- scorbutus
- 坏血病的医学术语 · 这是医学/拉丁学名，普通英语中很少使用；与 scurvy 完全同义，但不能用来泛指一般的营养缺乏病。
Confusing words
Learner notes
Memory Tip
见 scurvy 联想 curvy（弯曲的）：坏血病让皮肤出现弯弯曲曲的瘀斑，缺维C所致。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：medical、nutrition、historical 该词是坏血病的标准名称，多用于医学、营养学或历史叙述中，日常会话中较少使用，整体属于中性用语。
Pronunciation & Spelling
在英式读音中，与 scurvy /ˈskəːvi/ 押韵的有 curvy /ˈkɜːvi/ 和 nervy /ˈnɜːvi/（重读元音和结尾 /vi/ 相同）。注意拼写相似但读音不同的词：survey /ˈsɜːveɪ/ 结尾读 /veɪ/，不是 /vi/；scurry /ˈskʌri/ 和 curry /ˈkʌri/ 的元音是 /ʌ/，不是 /ɜː/。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.