gland

noun

/ɡlænd/

词汇	gland
释义	gland noun /ɡlænd/ /ɡlænd/ an organ in a person’s or an animal’s body that produces a substance for the body to use; a part in the body that is similar to this, especially a lymph node腺 a snake’s poison glands蛇的毒腺 Her glands are swollen.她的腺体肿胀。 She’s gone to bed with swollen glands and a temperature.她因腺体发炎和发烧而卧床。 see also adrenal gland, pineal, pituitary, prostate, thymus, thyroidTopics Bodyc2 Collocations Dictionaryadjective enlarged swollen adrenal … gland + verb release something secrete something 词源late 17th cent.: from French glande, alteration of Old French glandre, from Latin glandulae ‘throat glands’.
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