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A pimple is a small, raised red spot on the skin, especially on the face. It often has a white or yellow head of in the middle. Teenagers get them a lot when oil and dead skin block a pore; that whole condition is called acne, and the pimples are the single spots.
A pimple pimple是 is a small, raised red spot一個皮膚上凸起的小紅點 on the skin, especially on the face尤其常長在臉上. It它 often has常常中間有 a white or yellow head of pus一個白色或黃色的膿頭 in the middle. Teenagers青少年 get them a lot很容易長這個 when oil and dead skin block a pore當油脂和老廢角質堵住毛孔的時候; that whole condition這整個狀況 is called acne叫做acne(痘痘、粉刺問題), and而pimple指的 the pimples are the single spots就是單顆的那些點.
British speakers also say spot; American speakers also say zit, which is more . Pimple is ordinary, slightly informal, and a little if you point at someone else's.
British speakers英式英文的人 also say也會說 spot spot; American speakers美式英文的人 also say也會說 zit zit, which is more slangy比較俚俗一點. Pimple pimple是個 is ordinary, slightly informal普通、有點口語的字, and a little unkind如果你指著別人的痘痘說這個字會有點不禮貌 if you point at someone else's.
You can use it as a verb, usually to say a face is pimpled, but the noun is far more common. People sometimes stretch it for any small bump, even on a thing that is not skin, but the real home of the word is the face.
You你 can use it也可以把它 as a verb當動詞用, usually to say a face is pimpled通常是說一張臉pimpled(長滿痘痘), but不過 the noun名詞用法 is far more common常見得多. People人們 sometimes stretch it有時候也會延伸使用 for any small annoying bump指任何一個惱人的小凸起, even on a thing that is not skin就算不是皮膚上的東西也一樣, but不過 the real home of the word這個字真正的家 is the face還是臉.
組成From older English pimple / pumple, going back to Middle English. The exact root is not certain. It is probably a form of an Old English word for a little outbreak on the skin, and it may be related to Latin papula (a pimple), but that last link is only “probably.”
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pimplenoun/ˈpɪmp(ə)l/
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dermatologymedicinesciencesAn inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.
- I had to pop that embarrassing pimple, it was huge and red and on the tip of my nose.
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derogatoryslangAn annoying person.
- He's such a pimple! I wish he'd stop being so irritating!
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slangScotch (whisky)
pimpleverb/ˈpɪmp(ə)l/
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To mark, cover or disfigure (something) as with pimples.
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To develop pimples.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。