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 membranes may be held in place over the ostium of the atrial appendage or fill the inside of the atrial appendage.
  隔膜可以固定在心房附件口上，或者填充心房附件内部。
• 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。
• The elephant's trunk is a unique appendage.
  象的鼻子是一种独特的附肢。
• The committee is o mere appendage of the Council and has no power of its own.
  这个委员会只是理事会的附庸，没有自由的权力。
• Seed funicle inflated at base, appendage stomach-shaped.
  种子珠柄膨大的在基部，附属物胃形成。
• 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。
• Further discussion on enemy-occupied areas 'economic "appendage status" in anti-Japanese war period
  抗战时期我国沦陷区经济地位附庸问题再探讨
• 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。
• 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。
• They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs.
  它们简直把美国政府看做它们事业的附庸。