mass noun
- a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, characterized by swollen bleeding gums and the opening of previously healed wounds, which particularly affected poorly nourished sailors until the end of the 18th century坏血病。
scurvier, scurviest
attrib. archaic worthless or contemptible〈古〉不中用的; 卑鄙的：that was a scurvy trick.
那是卑鄙的伎俩。
派生词
scurvily
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