/kjʊə(r) ||; kjυr/verb[T] 1 cure sb (of sth) to make sb healthy again after an illness 使恢复健康;使痊愈: The treatment cured him of cancer. 这种疗法把他的癌症治好了。
2 to make an illness, injury, etc end or disappear 治愈,根治(疾病、损伤等): It is still not possible to cure the common cold. 普通的感冒仍然无法可治。 (figurative 比喻) The plumber cured the problem with the central heating. 管子工修好了中央供暖设备。
3 to make certain types of food last longer by drying, smoking or salting them (用风干、烟熏或盐腌等方法)保存,处理(某些食物): cured ham 经腌制的火腿