carbuncle

英 ['kɑ?b??k(?)l] 美['kɑrb??kl]

復(fù)數(shù):?carbuncles;

carbuncle 癰，紅寶石

來自詞根carb, 碳。-uncle, 小詞后綴，見uncle（avunculus). 因如燒紅的碳塊而得名。

carbuncle: carbuncle: [13] Etymologically, a carbuncle is a ‘small piece of coal’. It comes ultimately from Latin carbunculus, a diminutive form of carbō ‘coal’ (source of English carbon). This reached English via Old French carbuncle. The Latin word had two main metaphorical meanings, based on the idea of a glowing coal: ‘red gem’ and ‘red inflamed spot’, both of which passed into English.

The latter achieved some notoriety in British English in the 1980s following a remark by the Prince of Wales in 1984 comparing a piece of modern architecture unfavourably to a ‘carbuncle’, although ironically from the 15th to the 17th centuries the word was used for ‘something of great splendour’.
=> carbon
carbuncle (n.): early 13c., "fiery jewel," from Old North French carbuncle (Old French charbocle, charboncle) "carbuncle-stone," also "carbuncle, boil," from Latin carbunculus "red gem," also "red, inflamed spot," literally "a little coal," from carbo (genitive carbonis) "coal" (see carbon). Originally of rubies, garnets, and other red jewels; in English the word was applied to tumors from late 14c.

1. He has a carbuncle on his neck, it feels extremely painful.: 他的脖子上長了砍頭瘡, 痛苦極了.

2. Neglecting a carbuncle will cause -- deal sternly with evil - doers will lead to serious trouble.: 由于霍桑描寫這些人物是誤入岐途,他們的邪惡往往難以置信,而且你對大紅玉之類的目標(biāo),也不能過于認(rèn)真.

3. He invented famous prescriptions represented by Yanghe Decoction and Xi Huang Pill for Yin carbuncle.: 創(chuàng)立以陽和湯、犀黃丸為代表的治療陰疽名方.

4. Mine is the only purpose for which a wise man may desire to possess the Carbuncle.: 我的目的只有一個,就是聰明人想要持有大紅寶石的目的.