birthmark
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++birth·mark /ˈbɜːθmɑːk $ ˈbɜːrθmɑːrk/ noun [countable] MIMARKa permanent mark on your skin that you have had since you were born 胎记，胎痣 Paul had a birthmark on his left cheek. 保罗左脸颊上有块胎记。
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birthmark• The police identified the girl from a birthmark on her leg.• Did he have a birthmark there?• Scar tissue all right; a birthmark she'd had removed in early teens in case it turned malignant.• You like a beer, sweet thing with a birthmark?• Please help little Jenny At last there's hope for the many hundreds of children whose lives are made a misery by birthmarks.• Now the vital laser needed to treat children with disfiguring birthmarks is already installed at the Ulster Hospital at Dundonald.• He had a star-shaped birthmark, and so was pronounced lucky.• The subject of International Relations grew out of this intellectual and political setting; and it bore the birthmarks of its origins.• Patients were told they would just have to live with the birthmarks.birth·mark nounChineseSyllable
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birthmark
birth‧mark /ˈbɜːθmɑːk $ ˈbɜːrθmɑːrk/
noun [countable]
a permanent mark on your skin that you have had since you were born:
Paul had a birthmark on his left cheek.
■ a mark on your skin
▪blemish a mark on your skin that spoils its appearance: John grew a beard to hide the blemishes on his chin.
▪mole a small dark, sometimes raised, mark on your skin: Some moles may become cancerous. | Helena found a mole on her arm which had definitely not been there before.
▪freckles small light brown marks on your skin, especially on your face but also on your arms, shoulders etc: She had a light sprinkling of freckles across her nose.
▪birthmark a permanent mark on your skin that you have had since you were born: There was a small birthmark on her left cheek.
▪bruise a purple or brown mark on your skin that you get because you have fallen or been hit: Her legs were covered in cuts and bruises.
▪scar a permanent mark on your skin, caused by a cut or by something that burns you: The injury left a small scar on his forehead.
▪pimple/zit (also spot British English) a small raised red mark or lump on your skin, which usually appears when a child is between 12 and 18 years old: When I was a teenager I had terrible spots. | The boy had a few pimples under his chin.
▪wart a small hard raised mark on your skin caused by a virus: His face was covered in hairy warts.
▪blister a small area of skin that is swollen and full of liquid because it has been rubbed or burned: There was a blister on his arm where the boiling milk had splashed him.
▪rash an area of small red spots on your skin, caused by an illness or an allergy: I can’t eat strawberries - they give me a rash.
birth‧mark /ˈbɜːθmɑːk $ ˈbɜːrθmɑːrk/
noun [countable]a permanent mark on your skin that you have had since you were born:
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