degeneration

名词 n.
/dɪˌdʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse. countable,uncountable,usually
    — The modern cry of "more liberty and less creed" is a degeneration from a vertebrate to a jellyfish.
  2. That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure. uncountable,usually
    — fatty degeneration of the liver
  3. Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type. uncountable,usually
  4. A thing that has degenerated. countable,usually
    — cockle, aracus, […] and other degenerations

词形变化

degenerations plural

词源

From French dégénération, from Latin dēgenerātiō.
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