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- a boil or other swelling or growth on the skin, especially a sebaceous cyst皮肤上的疔疮; 表皮囊肿; （尤指）皮脂腺囊肿、粉瘤。
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- archaic an outstandingly large or overcrowded city〈古〉特大城市; 拥挤不堪的大城市：
the great wen of London.
拥挤的大都市伦敦。
词源
Old English wen(n)， of unknown origin; compare with Low German wehne 'tumour， wart'.