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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• After their work, the calculus was no longer an appendage and extension of Greek geometry.
  经过他们的工作，微积分不再是古希腊几何的附庸和延展。
• 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 value comparison between inferior belly small incision and celioscope for appendage operation
  下腹部小切口与腹腔镜下附件手术的价值比较
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He hates being made to feel like an appendage.
  讨厌被迫充当一个附庸。