suppurate

verb

/ˈsʌpjureɪt/

[intransitive] (formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they suppurate	/ˈsʌpjureɪt/ /ˈsʌpjureɪt/
he / she / it suppurates	/ˈsʌpjureɪts/ /ˈsʌpjureɪts/
past simple suppurated	/ˈsʌpjureɪtɪd/ /ˈsʌpjureɪtɪd/
past participle suppurated	/ˈsʌpjureɪtɪd/ /ˈsʌpjureɪtɪd/
-ing form suppurating	/ˈsʌpjureɪtɪŋ/ /ˈsʌpjureɪtɪŋ/

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(of a cut, wound, etc.伤口等) to produce a thick yellow liquid (called pus) because of infection化脓
- His skin was covered in suppurating sores.他的皮肤布满了化脓的疮。
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘cause to form pus’): based on Latin sub- ‘below’ + pus, pur- ‘pus’.