canker
noun
uk/ˈkæŋ.kər/us/-kɚ/cankernoun(TREES)
[CorU]biologyspecialized
adiseasethatattacksthewoodoftrees
(树木的)溃疡病,枝枯病,根瘤病Plant pathology
- auxin
- blight
- cankered
- dry rot
- Dutch elm disease
- excrescence
- fungicide
- glyphosate
- herbicide
- insecticide
- nodal
- node
- organophosphate
- rust
- scab
- smut
- sterility
- wither
- worm-eaten
cankernoun(ANIMALS)
[U]biologyspecialized
adiseaseaffectingtheearsandmouthofanimalsandhumans
(动物或人耳部或嘴部的)溃疡,痈,疮Disease & illness - general words
- acute
- aggressiveness
- autoimmune disease
- bilharzia
- bluetongue
- calculus
- CFS
- hypochondriac
- iatrogenic
- ill health
- impairment
- incurably
- outbreak
- pathology
- pathway
- terminally
- uncomplicated
- variant
- worried well
- zoonosis
cankernoun(EVIL)
[Cusually singular]formal
somethingevilthatspreadsthrough a person'smind, anorganization, or asociety:
(蔓延的)腐败;祸患;弊病Poverty is a cankereatingaway at theheartofsociety.贫穷是腐蚀社会良知的毒素。
Morally wrong and evil
- abhorrent
- amoral
- amorality
- anomie
- antichrist
- disgrace
- dissipated
- dissolute
- dissolutely
- dissoluteness
- no goodidiom
- no more Mr Nice Guyidiom
- non-ethical
- obscene
- obscenely
- trespass
- turpitude
- unconscionable
- unconscionably
- unethical