1690s, from French glande (Old French glandre "a gland," 13c.), from Latin glandula "gland of the throat, tonsil," diminutive of glans (genitive glandis) "acorn, nut; acorn-shaped ball," from PIE root *gwele- (2) "acorn" (cognates: Greek balanos, Armenian kalin, Old Church Slavonic zelodi "acorn;" Lithuanian gile "oak"). Earlier English form was glandula (c. 1400); Middle English also had glandele "inflamed gland" (c. 1400). Extended from tonsils to glands generally.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Her mother has an underactive adrenal gland.
她的母親腎上腺機(jī)能不全.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
2. This is a snake's poison gland.
這就是蛇的毒腺。
來(lái)自辭典例句
3. The duct that drains the entire gland is the main duct.
整個(gè)腺體的導(dǎo)管匯總在一起稱主導(dǎo)管.
來(lái)自辭典例句
4. Bronchography may reveal dilated enlarged ducts of hypertrophic gland.
支氣管造影可顯示出肥大腺體的腺管已經(jīng)擴(kuò)張和腫大.
來(lái)自辭典例句
5. It is also an endocrine gland secreting at least two important hormones.