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leper

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n.麻疯病患者,受蔑视的人

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leper


/'lepə(r); `lɛpɚ/
n
1 person suffering from leprosy 麻疯病患者.
2 (fig 比喻) person who is rejected and avoided by others; outcast 被排斥或摈弃的人
*His unpopular views made him a social leper. 他因见解不受欢迎而见弃于社会.

leper


n[C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: leper 'leprosy' (13-16 centuries), from Old French, from Late Latin lepra, from Greek, from lepein 'to remove skin']
someone who has leprosy
someone that people avoid because they have done something that people disapprove of
 They treated me as if I was a leper.