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

• Percutaneous transcatheter left atrial appendage exclusion embolism complications can be prevented and to avoid long-term oral anticoagulation drugs.
  经皮左心耳堵闭术可以预防血栓栓塞并发症、并避免长期应用抗凝药物。
• He hates being made to feel like an appendage.
  讨厌被迫充当一个附庸。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• A flipper or flattened appendage of certain animals.
  桡足某些动物身上的鳍状肢或扁平附肢。
• 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。
• ( zoology) lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
  （动物学）缺少尾巴或者尾状的附属肢体。
• 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。
• 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。