pock(名词/动词):(皮肤或物体表面的)小凹点、疤痕状小坑;尤指天花等疾病留下的麻点。作动词时表示“使出现麻点/凹坑;布满小坑”。
/pɑːk/(美式常见);/pɒk/(英式常见)
A pock on his cheek made the scar easy to notice.
他脸颊上的一个小麻点让疤痕很显眼。
Years after the outbreak, her skin was still pocked with tiny pits that reminded her of the illness.
疫情过去多年,她的皮肤仍布满细小凹点,让她想起那场疾病。
源自中古英语 pocke,早期多指“脓疱、疱疹、天花疹”,与日耳曼语系中表示“囊、肿包、疱”的词有关。后来含义扩展为“(皮肤或表面)被小坑点状痕迹所覆盖”,常见派生词是 pockmark(麻子、麻点)。