atrophy
英 ['?tr?f?]
美['?tr?fi]
- n. 萎縮,萎縮癥;發育停止
- vi. 萎縮;虛脫
GRETOEFL擴展詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?atrophies;第三人稱單數:?atrophies;過去式:?atrophied;過去分詞:?atrophied;現在分詞:?atrophying;形容詞:?atrophied;
助記提示
【記】a無 + trophic營養→萎縮;a不 + 音:出肥→不出肥→養的豬不出肥,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,見hypertrophy, 營養過剩。
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家出現,這個國家的文化生活將衰退。
來自《權威詞典》
- 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.
來自互聯網
- 5. The papilla shows initially sickle - shaped and later annular atrophy.
- 視乳頭初始表現為病理形態,后來表現為環狀萎縮.
來自互聯網