Atrophy
[ '?tr?fi ]
出國 Abroad
n. 萎縮，衰退;
vt.& vi. （使）萎縮，（使）虛脫，（使）衰退;
?? 詞根助記
a無+troph營養+y表名詞→無營養引起的肌肉等衰退 → 萎縮，衰退
?? 例句
intellectual atrophy.
智力衰退
To cause to wither or deteriorate;affect with atrophy.
使萎縮，使衰退使凋謝或退化；患萎縮
Muscles may atrophy or lose their tone, but they won't turn to fat.
肌肉可能萎縮或失去彈性，但是它們不能變成脂肪。
senile atrophy
老年性萎縮
The wall is thin and almost transparent probably due to atrophy of the villi.
腸壁薄，幾乎是透明的，這可能是因絨毛萎縮。
?? 聯想助記
【記】※ a-前綴“無”,trophy-營養、獎品:無營養→萎縮
※ at-在,ro-諧音“肉”,phy-諧音“飛”:孟庭韋唱的好“我的肉在飛,飛過那……”,所以她很瘦→肌肉萎縮
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?? 詞根
-rot-表示“轉動”
?? 牛津釋義
atrophy
n[U]
wasting away of the body or part of it through lack of nourishment or use （身體或身體某部因缺乏營養或不常使用而）萎縮
(fig 比喻) The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge. 除非能多涌現出一些作家和藝術家, 否則這個國家的文化生活將枯萎衰退. atrophy, v (pt, pp -ied) [I, Tn]
(cause sth to) suffer atrophy （使某事物）萎縮
atrophied limbs, muscles 萎縮的肢體, 肌肉.
?? 擴展釋義
*['?tr?fi]n. 萎縮, 萎縮癥【醫】 萎縮
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I always go back to the city in a wonderful state of mind.
我再回到城里時， 精神總是十分飽滿。
With only a few facts, Holmes could hypothesize the explanation.
僅憑少許的事實，福爾摩斯就能推理該事件了。
The doctor found that there was something wrong with James' eyes.
醫生發現詹姆斯的眼睛有毛病。