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Leper Social Disease Called Leprosy People Skin N Count

英语单词 leper
英美音标 英 ['lepə(r)] 美 ['lepər]
中文释义 n.麻风病患者;被排斥或摈弃的人
英语例句 (1) In the old ages, lepers were often put into fire.
(2) The leper was an example of humility and trust in Our Lord.
(3) His unpopular views made him a social leper.
中文例句 (1) 在过去,麻疯病患者经常被扔进大火中烧死。
(2) 这位麻风病人是谦逊和信任主的榜样。
(3) 他因观点不受欢迎而见弃于社会。
vocabulary简明 A leper suffers from a revolting skin disease called leprosy. And, if you are treated like a leper, that means people stay away from you as if you are capable of spreading such a horrible disease.
vocabulary扩展 You can use the noun leper in two ways: first, to describe someone who is shunned by others. These days many cigarette smokers complain that they feel like lepers, for example. Leper is also a medical term for a person who has a disease called leprosy, a serious bacterial illness that results in sores and lesions on the skin. The Greek root word is lepros, "scaly," which describes the appearance of a leper's skin.
柯林斯解释
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]麻风病患者;麻风病人 A leper is a person who has leprosy.
    2
    [N-COUNT 可数名词](因行为令人震惊或反感)大家唯恐避之不及的人,被排斥的人 If you refer to someone as a leper, you mean that people in their community avoid them because they have done something that has shocked or offended people.
    • The newspaper article had branded her a social leper not fit to be seen in company.

      报纸上的这篇文章给她冠以“社交毒药”之名,称人皆不宜与其为伍。

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