Cancer

['kænsɚ]

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解釋/意思:

(noun.) type genus of the family Cancridae.

(noun.) the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22.

(noun.) a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini.

(noun.) (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer.

(noun.) any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream.

安托万整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah crab, etc. See Crab.

(n.) The fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The first point is the northern limit of the sun's course in summer; hence, the sign of the summer solstice. See Tropic.

(n.) A northern constellation between Gemini and Leo.

(n.) Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps, from the great veins which surround it, compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term is now restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelial cells, either without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular framework.

整理:韦尔登

解釋/意思:

n. the name for an important group of malignant tumours divided into two groups Carcinomata and Sarcomata the name being now strictly used only of the former: a constellation between Gemini and Leo and a sign of the zodiac showing the limits of the sun's course northward in summer: the typical genus of the family Cancrid—v.i. Cancer′ate to become cancerous.—ns. Cancerā′tion; Can′cerite a petrified crab.—adj. Can′cerous of or like a cancer.—adv. Can′cerously.—n. Can′cerousness.—adjs. Can′criform Can′croid crab-like.

校對:惠特尼