Word · Frequency #4248
tumours
瘤, 肿块
tumours is the plural of tumour.
an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose
- 1.
Commonwealth standard spelling of tumor.
肿瘤的英联邦标准拼写
肿瘤的英联邦标准拼写；瘤；肿块
In use
The doctor found a small tumour in the patient's lung during the scan.
The surgeon successfully removed the tumour without damaging any healthy tissue.
Tumours can be either benign or malignant, depending on their growth pattern.
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。
[adjective] tumour
The tumour turned out to be malignant.
这个肿瘤结果是恶性的。
develop a tumour
He developed a tumour on his kidney.
他的肾脏上长了一个肿瘤。
tumour growth/removal
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。
Common mistakes
He has tumour in his lung.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。
The tumour is a malignant cancer.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。
Connections
Collocations
- benign tumour
- 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。
- malignant tumour
- 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。
- brain tumour
- 脑瘤
- She was diagnosed with a brain tumour last year.她去年被诊断出患有脑瘤。
- remove a tumour
- 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。
- tumour cells
- 肿瘤细胞
- Chemotherapy targets rapidly dividing tumour cells.化疗针对快速分裂的肿瘤细胞。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
tumour音似‘突冒’，突然冒出的异常肿块。
Context & Register
medical; health
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only 'rumour' is a true rhyme, sharing /uːmə/. The others share the spelling '-our' but have different stressed vowels. 'Tour' is a lookalike with different pronunciation.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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