cancer
/ˈkænsɚ/KK
kæn·sɚ
變化形
cancers
1.
癌症
一類因異常細胞不受控制地生長，且可能侵入或擴散至身體其他部位的疾病。
用法：常說「罹患癌症」或「被診斷出罹患某種癌症」。談特定種類時，可用「a＋癌症名稱」，例如「a type of cancer」。
My aunt found out she had cancer last year, but she is getting better now.
我阿姨去年發現自己得了癌症，但她現在好多了。
The school invited a doctor to talk about how to avoid cancer and stay healthy.
學校邀請了一位醫生來談談如何避免癌症以及保持健康。
2.
巨蟹座
黃道十二星座中的第四個星座；在占星術中，也指對應的星座符號與出生日期區間。
用法：通常搭配介系詞「in」，如「be born in Cancer」。
She was born in late June, so her star sign is Cancer.
她出生在六月下旬，所以她的星座是巨蟹座。
常見錯誤
My grandfather has a cancer.
My grandfather has cancer.／My grandfather has a type of cancer.
She got cancer diagnosed last month.
She was diagnosed with cancer last month.／Doctors diagnosed her with cancer last month.
He has cancer in liver.
He has liver cancer.／He has cancer in his liver.
相關字詞
學習提示
・「cancer」在疾病義最常用，泛指時通常不可數，例如「have cancer」。
・「Cancer」首字母大寫時，通常是指「巨蟹座」，不是疾病。
・避免把「cancer」用來形容人；比喻某人或某群體是「毒瘤」的說法具有強烈貶義。