callus

英 ['kæləs] 美 ['kæləs]

• n. 老茧
• v. 结硬皮

英英释义

Noun:

1. an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)

2. bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone

3. (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid

Verb:

1. cause a callus to form on;

   "The long march had callused his feet"
   

2. form a callus or calluses;

   "His foot callused"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. I walked to him and took his outstretched hand which was rough with callus.
   我走向他，握起他那长满老茧的手。
2. We have tried treatment, but the position of the callus revealed by the scan needed surgery.
   我们尝试过药物治疗，但扫描显示，老茧的位置需要进行手术。

用作动词 (v.)

1. Heavy work callused his hands.
   繁重的劳动使他的双手生出茧子来。

经典引文

• Their noses were unremarkable, being small and without sufficient callus to give them a definite shape.

  出自： E. Linklater

• Editors have..to develop enormous calluses at every point of contact with authorship.

  出自： fig.

词汇搭配

• callus formation 愈伤组织形成, 骨痂...
• autotrophic callus 自养愈伤组织...
• primary callus 原始骨痂
• callus pad 胼胝垫
• basal callus 基疣
• pollen callus 花粉愈伤组织...
• temporary callus 暂时骨痂
• somatic callus 体细胞愈伤组织...
• callus cushion 胼胝垫
• provisional callus 暂时骨痂
• seasonal callus 季候胼胝体
• callus wood 愈合材
• humeral callus 肩胛
• dormancy callus 固定胼胝体
• definitive callus 固定胼胝体
• final callus 最后胼胝体
• axillary callus 腋胛

近反义词

【近义词】

• corn 谷物
• bump 碰撞
• lump 块
• nodule [医]小瘤
• callosity 硬结