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pus

noun
🔊/pʌs/
🔊/pʌs/
[uncountable]
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  1. a thick yellow or green liquid that is produced in a wound as a result of an infection脓
    • The wound had not healed properly and was oozing pus.伤口还未真正痊愈，正在流脓。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • green
    • yellow
    verb + pus
    • ooze
    pus + verb
    • ooze
    • ooze out
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin.