单词 | bladder |
释义 | blad·der (blădər) n. 1. a. Anatomy Any of various distensible membranous sacs, such as the urinary bladder or the swim bladder, that serve as receptacles for fluid or gas. b. Medicine A blister, pustule, or cyst filled with fluid or air; a vesicle. c. An item resembling one of the membranous sacs in animals: the bladder of a buoyancy compensator. 2. Botany Any of various hollow or inflated saclike organs or structures, such as the floats of certain seaweeds or the specialized traps of bladderworts. [Middle English bladdre, from Old English blǣdre; see bhlē- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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