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单词 organ
释义
organ
(ɔːʳgən )
Word forms: organs
1. countable noun
An organ is a part of your body that has a particular purpose or function, for example your heart or lungs.
...damage to the muscles and internal organs.
...the reproductive organs.
...organ transplants.
Synonyms: body part, part of the body, member, element  
2.  See also sense organ
3. countable noun
An organ is a large musical instrument with pipes of different lengths through which air is forced. It has keys and pedals rather like a piano.
4.  See also barrel organ, mouth organ
5. countable noun
You refer to a newspaper or organization as the organ of the government or another group when it is used by them as a means of giving information or getting things done.
The Security Service is an important organ of the State. [+ of]
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Idioms:
the organ grinder's monkey [British]
someone who is closely associated with a powerful person and acts on their behalf, but has no real power themselves
`Do you feel that you've been squeezed out?' `Well, I feel more like the organ grinder's monkey, actually.'
Collocations:
organ recital
The twice-daily organ recital was about to begin.
Times, Sunday Times
I visited during an organ recital - not my favourite type of music, admittedly - but the acoustics were amazing.
The Sun
Like that second cousin thrice removed's four-hour organ recital.
Times,Sunday Times
He regularly presented organ recitals throughout his career.
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The basilica contains a highly regarded pipe organ from the second half of the 17th century and organ recitals take place there.
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organ tissue
What about muscle, skin and organ tissue loss?
Times, Sunday Times
The study of 638 transplant recipients says that those with living donors have to wait far less time for their organ tissue.
Times, Sunday Times
These bacteria secrete exoenzymes to break down body cells and proteins for ingestion which thus weakens organ tissues.
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They can develop into several organ tissues specific to these germ layers including heart, brain, and liver.
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There are no outward signs of physical change, though internal bacteria have begun to digest organ tissues.
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sensory organ
It concentrates on one sensory organ at a time.
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It might have been used to search out food, or as a sensory organ like narwhal tusks.
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The cause of sensation lies not so much in the object, but in the sensory organ receiving the impression.
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They are able to do this because of an extra sensory organ in their antennae.
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It receives the sound in its saccule, a sensory organ in the inner ear.
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vestigial organ
It may be a vestigial organ of ancient humans that has degraded to nearly nothing over the course of evolution.
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Prior to this, the thymus was believed to be a vestigial organ with no function.
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Vestigial organs, or organs that had become degraded and useless as species evolved, made sense for the first time.
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There aren’t many known examples of rudimentary or vestigial organs driving evolutionary innovation.
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Rudimentary body parts, those that are smaller and simpler in structure than corresponding parts in the ancestral species, are called vestigial organs.
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vocal organ
Even synthetic versions of these songs, remixed in the lab, could sometimes elicit vocal organ responses.
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To translate the pattern in the brain to a full-blown serenade, a bird’s vocal organ needs to first carry out the marching orders.
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Careful instruction and natural intelligence, however, have taught him to properly manipulate the vocal organs whose sound he can never hear.
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The problems relate to humans' unprecedented use of the tongue, lips and vocal organs as instruments of communication.
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As with any fluid-filled tube, resonances (called formants) change as the vocal organs such as the tongue and velum move.
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Translations:
Chinese: 风琴, 器官
Japanese: オルガン, 臓器
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