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BNC: 34219 COCA: 39401

excrescence

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ex·cres·cence /ɪkˈskresəns/ noun [countableC] formal  
1  UGLYsomething that is bad, unnecessary, or ugly – used to show disapproval 累赘；多余物〔含贬义〕
 The new museum is nothing but an excrescence on the urban landscape.
新博物馆纯粹是市区景观的一处败笔。
2. HBUGLYan ugly growth on an animal or plant 瘤；赘生物
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excrescence• The scrolls of the ears flat against the side of the skull were so large that they looked like abnormal excrescences.• It's an excrescence, a monstrosity, some tardy addition to the agenda.• There are excrescences one could do without on this side of the town.• The stair banisters had excrescences shaped like pew ends every few treads.• An irritating excrescence upon the summit of international union.• But the bust format ensures a rudimentary form without gestural and signifying elements or excrescences.• They wanted to peel away the excrescence and get back to the simple Gospel message itself.• If my body was now trim and neat, redeemed from the excrescences of flesh, it was also clean.
Origin excrescence
(1400-1500) Latin excrescens, present participle of excrescere “to grow out”, from crescere “to grow”
ex·cres·cence noun
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BNC: 34219 COCA: 39401
BNC: 34219 COCA: 39401
BNC: 34219 COCA: 39401
excrescence
Ugly things: monstrosity, eyesore, horror...

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