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

• 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。
• He hates being made to feel like an appendage.
  讨厌被迫充当一个附庸。
• Relating to or consisting of an appendage or appendages; especially the limbs.
  附属物的或构成附属物的；尤其指肢体附属物。
• The effect of percutaneous transcatheter occlusion of left atrial appendage on left atrium and adjacent anatomic structure in canine
  经导管堵闭犬左心耳对左房及毗邻解剖结构的影响
• The inhabitants became a mere political appendage of the territory.
  居民在政治上已变为地区的简单的附属物了。
• 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。
• ( zoology) lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
  （动物学）缺少尾巴或者尾状的附属肢体。
• 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。
• After their work, the calculus was no longer an appendage and extension of Greek geometry.
  经过他们的工作，微积分不再是古希腊几何的附庸和延展。
• A flipper or flattened appendage of certain animals.
  桡足某些动物身上的鳍状肢或扁平附肢。