suppurate
verb /ˈsʌpjureɪt/
/ˈsʌpjureɪt/
[intransitive] (formal)动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they suppurate | /ˈsʌpjureɪt/ /ˈsʌpjureɪt/ |
he / she / it suppurates | /ˈsʌpjureɪts/ /ˈsʌpjureɪts/ |
past simple suppurated | /ˈsʌpjureɪtɪd/ /ˈsʌpjureɪtɪd/ |
past participle suppurated | /ˈsʌpjureɪtɪd/ /ˈsʌpjureɪtɪd/ |
-ing form suppurating | /ˈsʌpjureɪtɪŋ/ /ˈsʌpjureɪtɪŋ/ |
- (of a cut, wound, etc.
) to produce a thick yellow liquid (called pus) because of infection伤口等 化脓 - His skin was covered in suppurating sores.
他的皮肤布满了化脓的疮。
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘cause to form pus’): based on Latin sub- ‘below’ + pus, pur- ‘pus’. - His skin was covered in suppurating sores.