- 1（動物的）疥癬
Mange is a skin disease of animals. Tiny mites live on the skin; the animal badly, scratches, and loses fur or hair in patches. Dogs, cats, foxes, and farm animals can get it. A vet can treat it, but it looks sad and can spread to other animals.
People do not usually say a person has mange. For humans, a related mite problem is called .
The everyday adjective is mangy: a mangy dog looks rough, with thin fur. Speakers sometimes stretch mangy to mean “old, dirty, and in poor shape” about a sofa or a coat. That use is . The noun mange itself stays mostly in the animal sense.
組成From Middle English manjewe, from Old French manjue, from mangier “to eat” (modern French manger). The old picture was of something eating away at the skin.
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- mangythe adjective: having mange, or looking rough and poorly cared for
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
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mangenoun/ˈmeɪ̯nd͡ʒ/
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biologymedicinenatural-sciencesA skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).
- Not yet come! [the] worrying of wolves, biting of mad dogs, the manges, and the—
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