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scurvy

C1 noun

scurvy /ˈskɜɹvi/ nghĩa là scorbut

Các nghĩa

  1. scorbut

    A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C, leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes; (countable, obsolete) an occurrence of this disease.

    uncountable · usually

    Our legs now vs deceiue, / ſwolne euery ioint withall, / With this diſeaſe, which, by your leaue, / the Scuruie men doe call.

    [N]ovv vve have looſed the plough in the fields, they'l find vvork enough about home to keep us from the ſcurvey.

    Native Animal Oils, as Fat, Cream, Butter, Marrovv, eſpecially the laſt, vvhich is excellent in ſome Scurvies.

  2. kẻ đê tiện

    A contemptible or despicable person.

    countable · derogatory · figuratively · usually

    Row, row you scurvies, / She'll have us boiled in oil. / Move, move those creaking oars, / until you reach Cape soil.

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