atrophy

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英語[編輯]

詞源[編輯]

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, 營養不良的,飲食不足的),源自ἀ- (a-, ) + τροφή (trophḗ, 營養),源自τρέφω (tréphō, 使...變胖)。等價於a- +‎ -trophy

發音[編輯]

  • IPA(幫助)/ˈæt.ɹə.fi/
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名詞[編輯]

atrophy (可數 不可數, 複數 atrophies)

  1. (病理學) 萎縮退化 (自17世紀初)

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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世紀初葉)
    • 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 10月 13, Ellen Barry, 「The Russia Left Behind: A journey through a heartland on the slow road to ruin」, 出自 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 (作曲作詞), 「Schism」:
      Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion
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