prevent scurvy
collocation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。
坏血病
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坏血病
A disease caused by a lack of vitamin C, marked by spots on the skin, spongy gums, loose teeth, and bleeding.
Sailors often got scurvy on long voyages because they lacked fresh fruit.
水手们在长途航行中经常因为缺乏新鲜水果而患上坏血病。
坏血病
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.
由缺乏抗坏血酸(维生素C)引起的疾病
a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
A diet rich in vitamin C can prevent scurvy.
富含维生素C的饮食可以预防坏血病。
Scurvy was once a common problem among explorers and soldiers.
坏血病曾经是探险家和士兵中的常见问题。
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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。
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。
治疗坏血病
Vitamin C is used to treat scurvy.
维生素C用于治疗坏血病。
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。
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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。
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。
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/。
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