esophagus
英 [i?'s?f?ɡ?s]
美[?'sɑf?ɡ?s]
- n. [解剖] 食管；[解剖] 食道
GRE
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?esophagi;? esophaguses;
助記提示
1. phag- (諧音“肥哥”，肯定是經(jīng)常吃很多東西的人導(dǎo)致很肥胖的人) => phag- "eat".
中文詞源
esophagus 食道
來自希臘文oisophagos,食道。oisein, 攜帶，帶走，為詞根fer的將來不定式。-phag, 吃，見geophagy.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. There the incidence of the cancer of the esophagus was suspected to be pretty high.
- 估計那里的食道癌發(fā)病率相當(dāng)高。
來自辭典例句
- 2. Horse 's narrow esophagus results in repeated choke.
- 馬的食道狹窄，常常引起食道阻塞。
來自辭典例句
- 3. Peristalsis in the body of the esophagus is under vagal control.
- 食管本體的蠕動受迷走神經(jīng)支配.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Cancer of the esophagus is relatively rare in the Western world.
- 食道癌在西方世界是比較少的.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Horse's narrow esophagus stenosis results in repeated choke.
- 馬的食道狹窄,常常引起食道阻塞.
來自辭典例句