atrophy
英 ['?tr?f?]
美['?tr?fi]
- 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。
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.
来自互联网
- 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.
来自互联网