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atrophy

英 ['ætrəfɪ] 美['ætrəfi]
  • n. 萎缩,萎缩症;发育停止
  • vi. 萎缩;虚脱

GRETOEFL扩展词汇

词态变化


复数: atrophies;第三人称单数: atrophies;过去式: atrophied;过去分词: atrophied;现在分词: atrophying;形容词: atrophied;

助记提示


【记】a无 + trophic营养→萎缩;a不 + 音:出肥→不出肥→养的猪不出肥,萎缩;音:抽肥,抽肥补瘦,把肥抽去,减肥中的抽脂;

中文词源


atrophy 萎缩

前缀a-, 不,非。词根trophy, 营养,见hypertrophy, 营养过剩。

英文词源


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.

双语例句


1. The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge.
如果没有更多的作家和艺术家出现,这个国家的文化生活将衰退。

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2. If you allow your mind to stagnate, this particular talent will atrophy.
如果你老不用脑,那么这一特殊才能就会退化。

来自辞典例句

3. The wall is thin and almost transparent probably due to atrophy of the villi.
肠壁薄,几乎是透明的,这可能是因绒毛萎缩.

来自辞典例句

4. Under the international finance crisis shadow, bulk commodity demand atrophy is serious.
国际金融危机阴影下, 大宗商品需求萎缩严重.

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5. The papilla shows initially sickle - shaped and later annular atrophy.
视乳头初始表现为病理形态,后来表现为环状萎缩.

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