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fester

美音:[´festə ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[´festə ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
n.脓疮 vi.溃烂,化脓 vt.使烦恼,使溃烂

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fester为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

动词过去式:festered 过去分词:festered 现在分词:festering 第三人称单数:festers

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be unclean  rot  putrefy  ferment  fester  rankle  reek  stink  mold  molder  go bad  daub  blot  blur  smudge  soil  smoke  tarnish  spot  smear  spatter  besmear    

fester


/'festə(r); `fɛstɚ/
v [I]
1 (of a cut or wound) become infected and filled with pus (指伤口)溃烂, 化脓
*a festering sore 化脓的伤处.
2 (fig 比喻) (of feelings or thoughts) become more bitter and angry (指感情或思想)更加痛苦和愤怒
*The resentment festered in his mind. 他心中的愤恨有增无已.

fester


v [I]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: festre 'sore hole in flesh', from Latin fistula]
if an unpleasant feeling or problem festers, it gets worse because it has not been dealt with
 The dispute can be traced back to resentments which have festered for centuries.
if a wound festers, it becomes infected
 festering sores
if rubbish or dirty objects fester, they decay and smell bad