metabolism
英[m?'t?b?l?z(?)m]
美[m?'t?b?l?z?m]
- n. [生理] 新陳代謝
詞態變化
復數:?metabolisms;形容詞:?metabolic;
中文詞源
metabolism 新陳代謝
meta-,改變，-bol,扔，投，詞源同hyperbole,ballet,ballistic.即改變扔的方向，使發生變化，并用于生物學術語新陳代謝。比較anabolism.
英文詞源
- metabolism (n.)
- in physiology sense, 1878, from French métabolisme, from Greek metabole "a change," from metaballein "to change," from meta- "over" (see meta-) + ballein "to throw" (see ballistics).
雙語例句
- 1. Basal metabolism is much lower for creatures in cold water.
- 冷水中生物的基礎代謝速度要低很多。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The body's metabolism is slowed down by extreme cold.
- 嚴寒可以使身體新陳代謝的速度下降。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. After years of dieting, Carol's metabolism was completely out of whack.
- 經過數年的節食, 卡羅爾的新陳代謝完全紊亂了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Their rate of metabolism may slow down.
- 他們的新陳代謝率可能會降低.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. All living matter undergoes a process of metabolism.
- 生物都有新陳代謝.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》