excrescence

[英] [iksˈkresns] [美] [ɪkˈskrɛsəns] 生词本

n.

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  • 英英释义

  • 行业释义

1. N-COUNT 多余物;累赘 If you describe something such as a building, addition, or development as an excrescence, you strongly disapprove of it because you think it is unnecessary, bad, or ugly. 
  • ...an architectural excrescence...

    多余的建筑物

  • The trade union block vote is an excrescence on democracy.

    工会集团投票制是民主的毒瘤。

Noun

1. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form

2. (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body

医学

  • 1.赘生物,赘疣:任何异常的赘疣;病理性突出物