cancerous

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Relating to or affected with cancer.
    — On Sunday at five they operated to remove the cancerous kidney.
  2. Growing or spreading rapidly to the point of harm. figuratively
  3. Extremely unpleasant; detestable. slang
    — I love this show, but the fanbase is so toxic and cancerous.

词形变化

more cancerous comparative most cancerous superlative

词源

From Middle English cancerous, from Latin cancerōsus, from cancer (“crab; tumor, cancer”) + -ōsus (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, cancer + -ous.
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