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

appendix

/əˈpɛndɪks

noun (plural appendixes or appendices /əˈpɛndɪsiːz/)

1 Anatomy A tube-shaped sac attached to and opening into the lower end of the large intestine in humans and some other mammals. In humans the appendix is small and has no known function, but in rabbits, hares, and some other herbivores it is involved in the digestion of cellulose: I’m merely standing in while Stella is having her appendix out...

The inside of the appendix forms a cul-de-sac that usually opens into the large intestine.
This is a rare tumour that usually affects the appendix or the small intestine.
The myenteric plexus of appendices in children older than 3 years had thinner nerve branches and smaller ganglia than the colon specimens of the same age.

Also called vermiform appendix.

2A section or table of subsidiary matter at the end of a book or document: a list of such activities was published as an appendix to the report outline answers may be found in Appendix 2...

His recipe for this amalgam is included as an appendix to the present book.
The book contains appropriate appendixes, which document the evolutionary improvement of tank formations, and excellent photographs, and maps that adequately depict the war.
In an appendix to Volume 2, the author addresses the question of how people were saved in Old Testament times before the coming of Christ.

Synonyms

supplement, addendum, postscript, codicil;

addition, extension, continuation, adjunct, appendage;

coda, epilogue, afterword, rider, sequel, tailpiece, back matter

rare postlude

Usage

Appendix typically has the plural appendixes in the anatomical sense, and appendices when referring to a part of a book or document.

Origin

Mid 16th century (in sense 2): from Latin, from appendere 'hang upon' (see append). sense 1 dates from the early 17th century.

The appendix is a tube-shaped sac attached to the lower end of the large intestine. The word comes directly from Latin and is based on appendere ‘to hang on’, the source of other English words such as append (Late Middle English), and appendage (mid 17th century). It is first recorded in the sense ‘section of extra matter at the end of a book or document’, the anatomy term appears early in the 17th century.

单词	appendix
释义	appendix /əˈpɛndɪks / noun (plural appendixes or appendices /əˈpɛndɪsiːz/) 1 Anatomy A tube-shaped sac attached to and opening into the lower end of the large intestine in humans and some other mammals. In humans the appendix is small and has no known function, but in rabbits, hares, and some other herbivores it is involved in the digestion of cellulose: I’m merely standing in while Stella is having her appendix out... The inside of the appendix forms a cul-de-sac that usually opens into the large intestine. This is a rare tumour that usually affects the appendix or the small intestine. The myenteric plexus of appendices in children older than 3 years had thinner nerve branches and smaller ganglia than the colon specimens of the same age. Also called vermiform appendix. 2A section or table of subsidiary matter at the end of a book or document: a list of such activities was published as an appendix to* the report* outline answers may be found in Appendix 2... His recipe for this amalgam is included as an appendix to the present book. The book contains appropriate appendixes, which document the evolutionary improvement of tank formations, and excellent photographs, and maps that adequately depict the war. In an appendix to Volume 2, the author addresses the question of how people were saved in Old Testament times before the coming of Christ. Synonyms supplement, addendum, postscript, codicil; addition, extension, continuation, adjunct, appendage; coda, epilogue, afterword, rider, sequel, tailpiece, back matter rare postlude Usage Appendix typically has the plural appendixes in the anatomical sense, and appendices when referring to a part of a book or document. Origin Mid 16th century (in sense 2): from Latin, from appendere 'hang upon' (see append). sense 1 dates from the early 17th century. The appendix is a tube-shaped sac attached to the lower end of the large intestine. The word comes directly from Latin and is based on appendere ‘to hang on’, the source of other English words such as append (Late Middle English), and appendage (mid 17th century). It is first recorded in the sense ‘section of extra matter at the end of a book or document’, the anatomy term appears early in the 17th century.
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