gland
英 [gl?nd]
美[ɡl?nd]
- n. 腺
- 密封壓蓋
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詞態變化
復數:?glands;形容詞:?glandular;
中文詞源
gland 腺
來自PIE*gwele, 橡實，球體，詞源同globe. 因呈球體而得名，用于解剖學術語。
英文詞源
- gland (n.)
- 1690s, from French glande (Old French glandre "a gland," 13c.), from Latin glandula "gland of the throat, tonsil," diminutive of glans (genitive glandis) "acorn, nut; acorn-shaped ball," from PIE root *gwele- (2) "acorn" (cognates: Greek balanos, Armenian kalin, Old Church Slavonic zelodi "acorn;" Lithuanian gile "oak"). Earlier English form was glandula (c. 1400); Middle English also had glandele "inflamed gland" (c. 1400). Extended from tonsils to glands generally.
雙語例句
- 1. Her mother has an underactive adrenal gland.
- 她的母親腎上腺機能不全.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. This is a snake's poison gland.
- 這就是蛇的毒腺。
來自辭典例句
- 3. The duct that drains the entire gland is the main duct.
- 整個腺體的導管匯總在一起稱主導管.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Bronchography may reveal dilated enlarged ducts of hypertrophic gland.
- 支氣管造影可顯示出肥大腺體的腺管已經擴張和腫大.
來自辭典例句
- 5. It is also an endocrine gland secreting at least two important hormones.
- 它也是一種內分泌腺,至少分泌二種重要的激素.
來自辭典例句