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 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。
• Most agricultural crops are bred for their seed, seed appendage, or fruit.
  大多数农作物的育种是为了种子，种子附属物，或果实。
• Results: Left atrial appendage of 22 patients was adequately visualized by live three-dimensional echocardiography.
  结果：22例患者用实时三维探头均可观察到左心耳形态。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• ( zoology) lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
  （动物学）缺少尾巴或者尾状的附属肢体。
• 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。