transcription, транскрипция: [ skæb ]
( scabs)
1.
A scab is a hard, dry covering that forms over the surface of a wound.
The area can be very painful until scabs form after about ten days.
N-COUNT
2.
People who continue to work during a strike are called scabs by the people who are on strike.
He hired scabs to replace strikers.
N-COUNT [ disapproval ]
•
Scab is also an adjective.
The mill was started up with scab labor.
ADJ : ADJ n