yaws

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A contagious tropical disease, caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, which often resemble berries. uncountable
    — Other threats came from organisms co-evolving with humans, including tapeworms and such spirochaetes as Treponema, the agent of syphilis, and the similar skin infection, yaws.
  2. plural of yaw form-of,plural
动词 v.
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of yaw form-of,indicative,present,singular,third-person

词源

词源 1
Uncertain. Attested since the 1670s, perhaps from an English creole (or other language) of the Caribbean.
词源 2
Inflected forms.
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