appendage

英 [əˈpendɪdʒ]

美 [əˈpendɪdʒ]

n.  附加物; 附属物

复数：appendages　

GRE医学

BNC.20262 / COCA.15598

牛津词典

noun

• 附加物；附属物
  a smaller or less important part of sth larger

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 附属物；附加物
  Anappendageis something that is joined to or connected with something larger or more important.
  1. ...the growing demand in Wales for recognition that it was not just an appendage to England...
     有越来越多的威尔士人要求得到认可，即威尔士不只是英格兰的附属
  2. Macmillan must have loathed being judged as a mere appendage to domestic politics.
     麦克米伦肯定极不喜欢只被当成国内政治的附属品。

英英释义

noun

• a part that is joined to something larger
• a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
  1. a bony process
  Synonym:processoutgrowth
• an external body part that projects from the body
  1. it is important to keep the extremities warm
  Synonym:extremitymember

双语例句

• The elephant's trunk is a unique appendage.
  象的鼻子是一种独特的附肢。
• Under that special historical background, culture and art became an appendage, so as music.
  在这一特殊的历史时期，文化艺术成了完全意义上的附庸，音乐当然也不例外。
• Histological findings of the skin include flat dermal-epidermal junction, thinned dermis with compactly arranged collagen fibers, and hypoplastic appendage structures.
  皮肤的组织学检查发现包括平坦的真皮-表皮交界，变薄的真皮有着紧密排列的胶原纤维，及发育不全的附属器构造。
• Seed funicle inflated at base, appendage stomach-shaped.
  种子珠柄膨大的在基部，附属物胃形成。
• Percutaneous transcatheter left atrial appendage exclusion embolism complications can be prevented and to avoid long-term oral anticoagulation drugs.
  经皮左心耳堵闭术可以预防血栓栓塞并发症、并避免长期应用抗凝药物。
• The pot bearing is an axially tapered cylindrical appendage of the clamping nut which forms a springing element acting essentially axially for a possible axial movement of the pot bearing.
  罐状轴承尤其是夹紧架的一个轴向逐渐变小的圆柱形伸出部分，它构成一个基本上轴向作用的弹簧元件用于罐状轴承可能的轴向运动。
• Macmillan must have loathed being judged as a mere appendage to domestic politics.
  麦克米伦肯定极不喜欢只被当成国内政治的附属品。
• He hates being made to feel like an appendage.
  讨厌被迫充当一个附庸。
• As we discussed what Olga might do if she were single, she began redefining herself as an individual, not an appendage.
  当我们讨论要是Olga是单身，她可能会做什么的时候，她开始重新把自己定义为一个个体，而不是一个附属品。
• A slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile.
  北极鹅或海百合或一些昆虫的细长而柔软的附加肢体；常常是有触感的。