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- a small or medium-sized songbird, typically having a brown back, spotted breast, and loud song鸫; 歌鸫。
1.1
- Family Turdidae (the thrush family): many genera, in particular Turdus, and numerous species. The thrush family also includes the chats, robins, blackbirds, nightingales, redstarts, and wheatears.鸫科：多属, 尤指鸫属, 众多种。鸫科包括鸣禽、欧鸲、乌鸫、哥鸲、红尾鸲和穗。
词源
Old English thrysce, of Germanic origin; related to THROSTLE.
mass noun
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- infection of the mouth and throat by a yeast-like fungus, causing whitish patches鹅口疮, 真菌性口炎。亦称CANDIDIASIS.
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- The fungus belongs to the genus Candida, subdivision Deuteromycotina, in particular C. albicans.造成鹅口疮的真菌属于假丝酵母属, 半知菌亚门, 尤指白假丝酵母菌。
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- infection of the female genitals with the same fungus（女性生殖器的）真菌炎, 念珠菌炎。
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- a chronic condition affecting the frog of a horse's foot, causing the accumulation of a dark, foul-smelling substance马蹄病; （马的）蹄叉腐疽。亦称CANKER.
词源
mid 17th cent.: origin uncertain; sense 1 possibly related to Swedish torsk and Danish troske; sense 2 perhaps from dialect frush in the same sense， perhaps from Old French fourchette 'frog of a horse's hoof'.