excrescences是什么意思？

excrescences

• n. 瘤，赘生物( excrescence的名词复数 )；

例句

• The knobby excrescences at the left side of this vertebral column are due to degenerative osteoarthritis. 左边脊柱多节的赘生物是由退变性骨关节炎引起的.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  多余物;累赘
  If you describe something such as a building, addition, or development as an excrescence, you strongly disapprove of it because you think it is unnecessary, bad, or ugly.
  例句
  ...an architectural excrescence... 多余的建筑物 The trade union block vote is an excrescence on democracy. 工会集团投票制是民主的毒瘤。