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scrotum

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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scro·tum /ˈskrəʊtəm $ ˈskroʊ-/ noun (plural scrota /-tə/ or scrotums) [countable]  HBHHBAthe bag of skin that contains a man’s testicles 阴囊
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scrotumOnly the torn skin from his scrotum remained.The only consequence was a throbbing pain in my scrotum that persisted well into the spring.In this way you can hook the oedematous scrotum and winch it up with the anaesthetised patient prone.These people tend to be more severely affected by it, especially on the skin around their mouth, eyes or scrotum.The old ones had to be worn on the scrotum, a decided drawback if a female were thinking about wearing one.Half of the cyclists complained that their scrotum felt tender.
Origin scrotum (1500-1600) Latin
scro·tum nounChineseSyllable
man’s testicles bag a contains skin Corpus of the that


scrotum
scrotum /ˈskrəʊtəm $ ˈskroʊ-/ noun (plural scrota /-tə/ or scrotums) [countable]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
the bag of skin that contains a man’s testicles


scro·tumBrE /ˈskrəʊtəm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈskroʊtəm/ 🔊 noun (
plural
scro·tums
or
scrota BrE /ˈskrəʊ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈskroʊ/ 🔊
)
the bag of skin that contains the testicles in men and most male animals 阴囊