atrophy
英 ['?tr?f?]
美['?tr?fi]
- n. 萎縮，萎縮癥；發(fā)育停止
- vi. 萎縮；虛脫
GRETOEFL擴展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?atrophies;第三人稱單數(shù):?atrophies;過去式:?atrophied;過去分詞:?atrophied;現(xiàn)在分詞:?atrophying;形容詞:?atrophied;
助記提示
【記】a無 + trophic營養(yǎng)→萎縮；a不 + 音：出肥→不出肥→養(yǎng)的豬不出肥，萎縮；音：抽肥，抽肥補瘦，把肥抽去，減肥中的抽脂；
中文詞源
atrophy 萎縮
前綴a-, 不，非。詞根trophy, 營養(yǎng)，見hypertrophy, 營養(yǎng)過剩。
英文詞源
- atrophy (n.)
- "a wasting away through lack of nourishment," 1620s (atrophied is from 1590s), from French atrophie, from Late Latin atrophia, from Greek atrophia "a wasting away," noun of state from atrophos "ill-fed, un-nourished," from a- "not" + trophe "nourishment," from trephein "to fatten" (see -trophy).
- atrophy (v.)
- 1822 (implied in atrophied), from atrophy (n.). Related: Atrophying.
雙語例句
- 1. The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge.
- 如果沒有更多的作家和藝術(shù)家出現(xiàn)，這個國家的文化生活將衰退。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. If you allow your mind to stagnate, this particular talent will atrophy.
- 如果你老不用腦，那么這一特殊才能就會退化。
來自辭典例句
- 3. The wall is thin and almost transparent probably due to atrophy of the villi.
- 腸壁薄,幾乎是透明的,這可能是因絨毛萎縮.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Under the international finance crisis shadow, bulk commodity demand atrophy is serious.
- 國際金融危機陰影下, 大宗商品需求萎縮嚴重.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. The papilla shows initially sickle - shaped and later annular atrophy.
- 視乳頭初始表現(xiàn)為病理形態(tài),后來表現(xiàn)為環(huán)狀萎縮.
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