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A wound that is septic has bacteria in it. The skin may be red, hot, and swollen, and there may be . It is a medical-sounding adjective; in ordinary talk people often just say the wound is infected.
A wound傷口 that is septic如果化膿受感染了 has bacteria in it裡面就有細菌。The skin皮膚 may be red, hot, and swollen可能會紅、發熱、腫起來，and there may be pus還可能會有膿。It is a medical-sounding adjective這是個聽起來很醫學的形容詞；in ordinary talk平常說話 people often just say the wound is infected大家通常就直接說傷口感染了。
There is another sense you will meet at least as often in everyday life: a septic tank, the large tank under a house that is not on city sewers. Bacteria in the tank break down the waste — same old idea of things rotting with tiny living things, now doing a useful job.
There is another sense另外還有一個意思 you will meet at least as often in everyday life在日常生活中也一樣常見：a septic tank化糞池，the large tank under a house that is not on city sewers就是房子底下那個沒接市區污水系統時用的大水槽。Bacteria in the tank槽裡的細菌 break down the waste會分解廢物——same old idea of things rotting with tiny living things還是那個東西被微小生物分解腐爛的老概念，now doing a useful job只是現在在做有用的工作。
In British slang, septic can mean an American (from septic tank rhyming with ). That is joke-slang, not the meaning this entry is for, and you can leave it aside in Taiwan unless you meet it in a British show.
In British slang在英式俚語裡，septic可以 can mean an American指的是美國人（from septic tank rhyming with Yank因為 septic tank 跟 Yank 押韻）。That這 is joke-slang是開玩笑的俚語，not the meaning this entry is for不是這個詞條要講的意思，and you can leave it aside in Taiwan在台灣可以先不用管它 unless you meet it in a British show除非你在英國影集裡遇到。
組成From Ancient Greek sēptikós, “of rotting,” from the same family as sepsis.
同家族的字
- sepsisthe noun for this kind of infection, same Greek root
- septicaemiawhen that infection is in the blood
- antiseptica substance that fights septic infection
原始詞典資料10 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。
septicadj詞源 1/ˈsep.tɪ̝k/
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Of or pertaining to sepsis.
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Causing sepsis or putrefaction.
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Of or pertaining to sewage or the disposal of sewage.
- septic tank
- a septic system
septicnoun詞源 1/ˈsep.tɪ̝k/
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A substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction.
- 1750, John Pringle, Further Experiments on Substances Resisting Putrefaction, in 1809, Charles Hutton, George Shaw, Richard Pearson (editors), The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume X: 1750—1755, page 86, But, in the prosecution of this subject, he had met with very few real septics; and found many substances, commonly accounted such, of a quite opposite nature.
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datedmedicinesciencesA person who has sepsis.
- Acid-base balance data revealed moderately abnormal metabolic balance for both septics and nonseptics (in either direction) with normal respiratory balance or mild alkalosis.
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A septic tank; a system for the disposal of sewage into a septic tank, a septic system.
- The question is whether there are any spatial differences in how septics impact water quality, and whether these spatial variations should be considered when regulating septic improvement or removal.
septicnoun詞源 2/ˈsep.tɪ̝k/
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mathematicssciencesA mathematical object (function, curve, surface, etc.) of degree seven.
- Enriques states that it is possible to construct a family of septics with a singular curve of degree 7 and genus 4 having a triple point that degenerates to the above configuration[…].
- Now consider the two septics C = U⁷ᵢ₌₁Cᵢ, D = U⁷ᵢ₌₁Dᵢ and note that for i = 1,2,3,4,5,6 the lines Cᵢ and Dᵢ are parallel, so that the intersection of two septics S' consists of 6⁶^([sic]) + 6 + 1 = 43 points and it is the singular set of a foliation of degree 6.
septicadj詞源 2/ˈsep.tɪ̝k/
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mathematicssciencesOf the seventh degree or order.
septicnoun詞源 3/ˈsep.tɪ̝k/
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slurslangAn American, a Yank.
- Typical septic. Can't understand why the rest of the world thinks he's a fuck-knuckle.
- “Didn′t enjoy the septics,” he says jokingly about the Americans.
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。