cancer

['kænsə]

n.癌, 肿瘤, 毒瘤
Cancer
n.巨蟹座

n.

1. 癌, 恶性肿瘤; 癌症[C][U]

The doctors are making an attempt to prevent cancer cells spreading.

医生们试图阻止癌细胞扩散。

2. (社会等的)弊端, 痼疾, 病根[C]

What was happening was a sickness, a cancer in society that could not be helped.

所发生的一切是种病态, 一种无可救药的社会弊病。

3. (大写)巨蟹星座[C]

词形变化

形容词: cancerous |

词义辨析

同义:

n.癌, 恶性肿瘤

tumour  malignancy  malignant growth  carcinoma  sarcoma

n.邪恶, 灾难, 疾病

evil  curse  calamity  trouble  blight  disease  sickness  illness  affliction  scourge  plague  pestilence  foulness  

英英释义

名词 cancer:

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

同义词：malignant neoplastic disease

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

同义词：Crab

a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini

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

同义词：Cancer the Crab, Crab

type genus of the family Cancridae

同义词：genus Cancer

补充

cancercancer英:[ˈkænsə] 美:[ˈkænsɚ]n.1.癌He has received many honours for his research into cancer.他因从事癌症方面的研究工作而得到了许多荣誉。2.迅速蔓延的恶劣的或危险的事物Violence is a cancer in our society.暴力行为是我们社会的祸害。

例句

1. Doctors discovered that the cancer had spread to his abdomen.医生们发现癌已经扩散到了他的腹部。 2. Ninety per cent of lung cancers are caused by smoking.90％的肺癌是吸烟引起的。 3. breast cancer乳腺癌 4. Jane was just 25 when she learned she had cancer.简获悉自己得癌症时年仅25岁。 5. Her father Michael is battling cancer.她的父亲迈克尔正在和癌症斗争。 6. The judge said that he was a cancer on society.法官说他是社会的毒瘤。 7. he's got cancer.他得了癌症。 8. smoking is the major cause of lung cancer.吸烟是引起肺癌的主要原因。 9. most skin cancers are curable.绝大多数皮肤恶性肿瘤可以医治。 10. racism is a cancer sweeping across Europe.种族主义是席卷欧洲的痼疾。 11. She has lung cancer.她患了肺癌。 12. He died of cancer.他死于癌症。 13. breast/lung cancer乳腺癌；肺癌 14. He was diagnosed with cancer.他被诊断患了癌症。 15. She learned that she has cancer.她得知自己患了癌症。 16. Eating certain foods may help reduce the risk of cancer.进食某些食品可能有助于降低患癌症的风险。 17. Advanced cancers are more difficult to treat.晚期癌更难治疗。 18. cancer patients癌症患者 19. cancer prevention癌症预防 20. cancer treatments癌症治疗 21. Her jealousy was a cancer that slowly destroyed her marriage.她的嫉妒心就像一个毒瘤，慢慢地毁了她的婚姻。 22. Drugs and violence have become a cancer in the city.毒品和暴力已经成为城市的痼疾。 23. "I'm a Taurus, but my best friend is a cancer."我是金牛座的，我最好的朋友是巨蟹座的。 24. a cancerous growth/lump恶性肿瘤的生长；恶性肿块 25. The tumor is not cancerous.这个肿瘤不是恶性的。