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atrophy

英 ['ætrəfɪ] 美 ['ætrəfi]

解释

n. 萎缩，萎缩症；发育停止
vi. 萎缩；虚脱

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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.

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例句和用法

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。

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。

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.

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.

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.