transplant

英 [tr?ns'plɑ?nt; trɑ?ns-; -nz-] 美[tr?ns'pl?nt]

CET4TEM4IELTS考研TOEFLCET6中低頻詞常用詞匯

復數:?transplants;第三人稱單數:?transplants;過去式:?transplanted;過去分詞:?transplanted;現在分詞:?transplanting;名詞:?transplantation;

transplant 移植，移種

trans-,轉移，轉變，plant,移植，栽種。

transplant (v.): mid-15c., from Late Latin transplantare "plant again in a different place," from Latin trans- "across" (see trans-) + plantare "to plant" (see plant (v.)). Extended to people (1550s) and then to organs or tissue (1786). Related: Transplanted; transplanting.
transplant (n.): 1756, in reference to plants, from transplant (v.); in reference to surgical transplanting of human organs or tissue it is first recorded 1951, but not in widespread use until Christiaan Barnard performed the world's first successful heart transplant in 1967 at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. Meaning "person not native to his place of residence" is recorded from 1961.

1. The arteries are diseased and a transplant is the only hope.: 動脈已經發生病變，移植是唯一的希望。

2. Only 12 weeks ago he underwent major heart transplant surgery.: 12個星期前他才剛剛接受了風險很高的心臟移植手術。

3. I was on dialysis for seven years before my first transplant.: 在進行首次腎移植之前，我做了7年的透析。

4. There are 2,000 children worldwide who need a bone marrow transplant.: 全世界有2,000名兒童需要骨髓移植。

5. Harefield Hospital has become world-famous for its pioneering heart transplant surgery.: 哈瑞福德醫院以其開創性的心臟移植手術聞名于世。