| 词汇 | artery |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： late 14c., from O.Fr. artaire (13c.; ModFr. artère), from L. arteria, from Gk. arteria "windpipe," also "an artery," as distinct from a vein; related to aeirein "to raise" (see aorta). They were regarded by the ancients as air ducts because the arteries do not contain blood after death; medieval writers took them for the channels of the "vital spirits." The word is used of major rivers from 1805; of railways from 1850. 词根记忆： n. 动脉;干线,要道This is where the three main arteries meet.这是三条主要干线汇合的地方. n. 动脉[arter=pipe(管道)] 词根词缀： arteryartery n 动脉 arter=pipe (管道) artery n 动脉 |
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