2021年5月1日 星期六

steroid, 'on steroids' , itch, eczema


A new wearable sensor provides measurements of the degree to which patients with eczema and other ailments scratch their skin. This helps doctors & researchers improve medical treatments & outcomes for patients who itch.

新型可穿戴傳感器可測量濕疹和其他疾病患者刮傷皮膚的程度。 這有助於醫生和研究人員改善瘙癢患者的治療方法和結局。

After a 16-hour-long video conference on the EU's response to coronavirus, one finance minister said the lack of progress "shames Europe".

Players’ Union and Commissioner’s Office Tolerated Abuse


Dozens of baseball stars, including seven M.V.P.’s, were named in a report on the use of illegal, performance-enhancing drugs during the sport’s “steroids era.”

North Korea’s Mass Games is an annual spectacle that combines sumptuous theatricality with state worship. It’s Cirque du Soleil on steroids, writes Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore.



steroid 
noun [C]
1 one of a variety of chemical substances that is produced in the body

2 an artificial form of a natural chemical substance which is used for treating particular medical conditions:
I'm taking steroids/I'm on steroids for my asthma.

3 a drug which increases the development of your muscles, sometimes taken illegally by people taking part in sports competitions



on steroids


used to suggest a highly exaggerated, enhanced, or accelerated version of something:high-protein gelatin squares, available in bright red or bright green, sort of like Jell-O on steroids



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