excrescence
/ik-skres-uhns/US // ɪkˈskrɛs əns //UK // (ɪkˈskrɛsəns) //
排泄物,赘生物,赘肉,赘疣
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an abnormal outgrowth, usually harmless, on an animal or vegetable body.
- : a normal outgrowth, as hair or horns.
- : any disfiguring addition.
- : abnormal growth or increase.
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Examples
Nor are these stories a mere excrescence of theology, but theology itself.
His cowl had half-fallen back, and made a strange excrescence on either side of his bull-neck.
There was a small excrescence or hut on the roof—about ten feet by six in dimensions—which formed—their residence.
Behind this, hiding itself as it were and almost invisible, nestled a smaller excrescence or offshoot.
Accordingly, the Crown has dwindled away in proportion to the unnatural and turgid growth of this excrescence on the Court.
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