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esophagus

英 [iː'sɒfəɡəs] 美 [ɪ'sɑfəɡəs]

解释

n. [解剖] 食管；[解剖] 食道

※ 提供单词"esophagus"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

esophagus 食道

来自希腊文oisophagos,食道。oisein, 携带，带走，为词根fer的将来不定式。-phag, 吃，见geophagy.

英文词源

esophagus (n.): also oesophagus, late 14c., from Greek oisophagos "gullet, passage for food," literally "what carries and eats," from oisein, future infinitive of pherein "to carry" (see infer) + -phagos, from phagein "to eat" (see -phagous). Related: Esophageal.

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例句和用法

1. There the incidence of the cancer of the esophagus was suspected to be pretty high.: 估计那里的食道癌发病率相当高。

2. Horse 's narrow esophagus results in repeated choke.: 马的食道狭窄，常常引起食道阻塞。

3. Peristalsis in the body of the esophagus is under vagal control.: 食管本体的蠕动受迷走神经支配.

4. Cancer of the esophagus is relatively rare in the Western world.: 食道癌在西方世界是比较少的.

5. Horse's narrow esophagus stenosis results in repeated choke.: 马的食道狭窄,常常引起食道阻塞.