c. 1400, from Old French ulcere, from Vulgar Latin ulcerem, from Latin ulcus (genitive ulceris) "ulcer, a sore," figuratively "painful subject," from PIE *elk-es- "wound" (cognates: Greek elkos "a wound, sore, ulcer," Sanskrit Related: arsah "hemorrhoids").
雙語例句
1. The ulcer had been troubling her for several years.
潰瘍已經(jīng)折磨她好幾年了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. "It's my ulcer," he added by way of explanation.
“那是因?yàn)槲业昧藵儯彼a(bǔ)充解釋說。
來自柯林斯例句
3. My father suffered from stomach ulcer for a long time.
我父親患胃潰瘍已經(jīng)很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
4. A bacterium is identified as the cause for his duodenal ulcer.