atrophy

英['ætrəfi] 美['ætrəfi]
  • n. 萎缩；衰退；虚脱；萎缩症
  • v. 萎缩；衰退；虚脱
atrophic atrophies atrophied atrophied atrophying atrophies
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星级词汇:

详细释义

Noun:
  1. a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse

  2. any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)

Verb:
  1. undergo atrophy;

    "Muscles that are not used will atrophy"

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。

来自《权威词典》

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**初始表现为病理形态,后来表现为环状萎缩.

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. More exercises can avoid atrophy of cartilage.
      多加锻炼可以避免软骨萎缩。
    2. The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge.
      除非能多涌现出一些作家和艺术家
    用作动词 (v.)
    1. Muscles that are not used will atrophy.
      肌肉经常不用就会萎缩。
    2. Their political power gradually atrophied.
      他们的政治力量逐渐衰退了。

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