| 释义 |
scurvy /'skxvi; 'sksvi/ n [U] diseased state of the blood caused (esp among sailors in former times) by eating too much salt meat and not enough fresh vegetables and fruit. 坏血症 (由食咸肉过多，食新鲜蔬菜及水果不足所致，从前患此症者尤以水手居多) ＜, adj (81) dishonourable, contemptuous: (匝) 卑肮的; 可鄙的： That was a ~ trick to play on an old 'lady. 对一位老妇人施这样的诡计是太卑鄙了。 scurv'ily /-ill; -all/ adv |