英语词汇“gill”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

gill¹

(gĭl)

1. Zoology The respiratory organ of most aquatic animals that obn oxygen from water, consisting of a filamentous structure of vascular membranes across which dissolved gases are exchanged.

a. oftengillsThe wattle of a bird.

b. gillsInformal The area around the chin and neck.

3. Botany One of the thin, platelike structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus.

v.gilled, gill·ing, gills

v.tr.

1. To catch (fish) in a gill net.

2. To gut or clean (fish).

v.intr.

To become entangled in a gill net. Used of fish.

Idiom:

to the gillsInformal

As full as possible; completely.

[Middle Englishgile, of Scandinavian origin.]

gilledadj.

gill1

A fish breathes by swallowing water and passing it through gill slits on each side of its head. Blood-filled filaments on the gills extract oxygen from the water as it flows through.

单词	gill
释义	gill¹ (gĭl) n. 1. Zoology The respiratory organ of most aquatic animals that obn oxygen from water, consisting of a filamentous structure of vascular membranes across which dissolved gases are exchanged. 2. a. oftengillsThe wattle of a bird. b. gillsInformal The area around the chin and neck. 3. Botany One of the thin, platelike structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus. v.gilled, gill·ing, gills v.tr. 1. To catch (fish) in a gill net. 2. To gut or clean (fish). v.intr. To become entangled in a gill net. Used of fish. *Idiom:* *to the gillsInformal As full as possible; completely. [Middle Englishgile, of Scandinavian origin.] gilled*adj. gill1 A fish breathes by swallowing water and passing it through gill slits on each side of its head. Blood-filled filaments on the gills extract oxygen from the water as it flows through.
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