a tumour in/on [body part]
表示肿瘤的位置
Doctors found a tumour in her brain.
医生在她的脑部发现了一个肿瘤。
瘤, 肿块
肿瘤的英联邦标准拼写;瘤;肿块
an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose
肿瘤的英联邦标准拼写
Commonwealth standard spelling of tumor.
The doctor found a small tumour in the patient's lung during the scan.
医生在扫描中发现患者肺部有一个小肿瘤。
用法提示:此处tumour为可数名词,意为‘肿瘤’。
The surgeon successfully removed the tumour without damaging any healthy tissue.
外科医生成功切除了肿瘤,没有损伤任何健康组织。
用法提示:此处tumour为可数名词,指被切除的肿块。
Tumours can be either benign or malignant, depending on their growth pattern.
肿瘤可以是良性的也可以是恶性的,取决于其生长方式。
用法提示:此处tumours为复数形式,泛指各类肿瘤。
表示肿瘤的位置
Doctors found a tumour in her brain.
医生在她的脑部发现了一个肿瘤。
The tumour turned out to be malignant.
这个肿瘤结果是恶性的。
He developed a tumour on his kidney.
他的肾脏上长了一个肿瘤。
常与特定名词如growth, removal搭配
The tumour growth was monitored via MRI.
通过核磁共振监测肿瘤的生长。
更通用的词,不一定特指肿瘤
非正式用语,常用于体表可触及的肿块
强调局部增大,可能由炎症或积液引起,不一定是肿瘤
医学术语,严格指肿瘤,包括良性和恶性
特指内含液体或半固体物质的囊性结构,多为良性
grammar · medium
易错句子He has tumour in his lung.
正确表达He has a tumour in his lung.
英语中可数名词前需要冠词,tumour是可数名词,所以要说a tumour。
grammar · medium
易错句子The tumour is a malignant cancer.
正确表达The tumour is malignant.
tumour本身可以是良性或恶性,malignant已包含癌性,不必再加cancer。
良性肿瘤
The doctor said it was a benign tumour and nothing to worry about.
医生说是良性肿瘤,不用太担心。
恶性肿瘤
A malignant tumour can spread to other parts of the body.
恶性肿瘤会扩散到身体的其他部位。
脑瘤
She was diagnosed with a brain tumour last year.
她去年被诊断出患有脑瘤。
切除肿瘤
Surgery was performed to remove the tumour from his lung.
进行了手术以切除他肺部的肿瘤。
肿瘤细胞
Chemotherapy targets rapidly dividing tumour cells.
化疗针对快速分裂的肿瘤细胞。
prefix: none; root: tum- (swell); suffix: -our (noun)
肿瘤可分为良性和恶性,恶性即癌症。
通过取样检查肿瘤是否为恶性。
良性肿瘤不扩散,通常不危及生命。
恶性肿瘤会侵犯周围组织并可能转移。
恶性肿瘤细胞通过血液或淋巴扩散到其他部位。
某物上的毒瘤
He considered the casino a tumour on the city.
他认为赌场是城市的一个毒瘤。
切除毒瘤
The government vowed to cut out the tumour of corruption.
政府誓言要切除腐败这个毒瘤。
这不是肿瘤!
In the movie Kindergarten Cop, Arnold Schwarzenegger's character famously says 'It's not a tumor!' when examining a child.
在电影《幼儿园警探》中,阿诺德·施瓦辛格的角色在检查一个孩子时著名地说出'这不是肿瘤!'。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.