callus

Related topics: Illness & disability

cal·lus /ˈkæləs/ noun [countableC] → callous

MIan area of thick hard skin 硬皮，老茧

the calluses on his hands

他手上的老茧

Examples from the Corpus

callus• calluses on her feet• Treat calluses by rubbing with a callus file, a pumice stone, or a hard-skin remover.• According to reports from Indiana, Booth had a painful callus on her foot.• For the union to be successful the grafted vine forms a protective callus around the wound while the two plants seek compatibility.• A slight callus marked Gomez's right index finger.• Trent imagined him holding a golf club but the callus didn't fit.• Hours of daily practice on the firing range had formed the callus.

Origin callus

(1500-1600) Latin

单词	callus
释义	callus Related topics: Illness & disability cal·lus /ˈkæləs/ noun [countableC] → callous MIan area of thick hard skin 硬皮，老茧 the calluses on his hands 他手上的老茧 Examples from the Corpus callus• calluses on her feet• Treat calluses by rubbing with a callus file, a pumice stone, or a hard-skin remover.• According to reports from Indiana, Booth had a painful callus on her foot.• For the union to be successful the grafted vine forms a protective callus around the wound while the two plants seek compatibility.• A slight callus marked Gomez's right index finger.• Trent imagined him holding a golf club but the callus didn't fit.• Hours of daily practice on the firing range had formed the callus. Origin callus (1500-1600) Latin
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