atrophy

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借自法語 atrophie,源自拉丁語 atrophia,源自古希臘語 ἀτροφία (atrophía, 衰弱),源自ἄτροφος (átrophos, 营养不良的,饮食不足的),源自ἀ- (a-, ) + τροφή (trophḗ, 营养),源自τρέφω (tréphō, 使...变胖)。等价于a- +‎ -trophy

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  • IPA(幫助)/ˈæt.ɹə.fi/
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atrophy (可數 不可數,複數 atrophies)

  1. (病理學) 萎缩退化 (自17世纪初)

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atrophy (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 atrophies,現在分詞 atrophying,一般過去時及過去分詞 atrophied)

  1. (不及物) 衰弱枯萎衰退 (自18世纪初叶)
    • 1987 6月 13, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):
      Boy. I love summer vacation. I can feel my brain beginning to atrophy already.
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    • 2013年10月13日,Ellen Barry,“The Russia Left Behind: A journey through a heartland on the slow road to ruin”,出自 w:The New York Times[1]:
      The M10 highway looks normal enough at the southern limits of St. Petersburg, but then, with a jolt, it begins to atrophy. For the next 430 miles the surface of the highway, while paved, varies from corduroy to jaw-rattling patchwork.
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  2. (及物) 使...衰弱弱化To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.
    • 2001, Tool (歌詞與音樂), “Schism”:
      Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion
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