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scurvy
坏血病
核心释义
A disease caused by a lack of vitamin C, marked by spots on the skin, spongy gums, loose teeth, and bleeding.
- 1.
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.
- 2.
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)
由缺乏抗坏血酸(维生素C)引起的疾病
用法In use
Sailors often got scurvy on long voyages because they lacked fresh fruit.
用法提示：句子中使用名词 scurvy 表示疾病名称，作宾语。
A diet rich in vitamin C can prevent scurvy.
用法提示：句子中使用名词 scurvy 表示疾病，作宾语。
Scurvy was once a common problem among explorers and soldiers.
用法提示：句子中使用名词 scurvy 作主语，表示疾病。
suffer from scurvy
表示患有这种疾病，常用 suffer from + 疾病名。
Many sailors in the past suffered from scurvy on long voyages.
过去许多水手在长途航行中患上了坏血病。
develop scurvy
develop 在此表示疾病开始发生。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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。
近义词
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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/。
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