carbuncle

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɑː.bʌŋ.kl̩/    美 /ˈkɑɹˌbʌŋ.kl̩/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon. archaic
    — With eyes like carbuncles, the hellish Pyrrhus […]
  2. A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone, with eight sceptres or staves radiating from a common centre; an escarbuncle.
  3. An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by staphylococcal infection.
  4. An unpopular or ugly building; an eyesore.

词形变化

carbuncles plural

词汇关系

衍生词
carbuncled
相关词
carbon ruby

词源

From Middle English carbuncle, charbocle, from Old French carbuncle, charbuncle, from Latin carbunculus (“a small coal; a reddish kind of precious stone; a kind of tumor”), diminutive of carbō (“a coal, charcoal”). Doublet of Garfinkel and Garfunkel.
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