| 单词 | septic |
| 释义 | septicWord family nounsepticaemiasepticityseptic tankadjectivesepticaemicsepticadverbseptically Illness & disability sep·tic /ˈseptɪk/ adjectiveadj especially British EnglishBrE MIa wound or part of your body that is septic is infected with bacteria 〔伤口等〕脓毒性的，受感染的 a cut that went septic 受感染的伤口 Examples from the Corpus septic• Hot flesh pressed close; the septic flesh of his companions.• So the sewage goes septic, giving off hydrogen sulphide which corrodes the pipes and makes a nasty smell.• These become hairless and develop septic sores.• If you have a septic system, where is the drain field?• Everywhere, it was like an over-flowing septic tank or something rotting.• It was just a septic tank.• It was in virgin wilderness up north where septic tanks are forbidden.• A tree gone septic where we gouged our initials.• a septic wound (1600-1700) Latin septicus, from Greek, from sepein; → SEPSIS |
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