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 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 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。
• 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。
• He hates being made to feel like an appendage.
  讨厌被迫充当一个附庸。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The elephant's trunk is a unique appendage.
  象的鼻子是一种独特的附肢。
• ( zoology) lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
  （动物学）缺少尾巴或者尾状的附属肢体。
• The house of Commons must not be only an appendage of the executive.
  下议院决不能只是行政部门的附属品。