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

noun | verb

graftgraft1 /græft/ noun

ETYMOLOGYgraft¹

Origin: 1400-1500 graff graft (14-19 centuries), from Old French grafe pencil, graft; because a plant graft looks like a pencil

COLLOCATIONS► skin grafts

One burns victim has already had several skin grafts.

► graft and corruption

Six politicians were accused of graft and corruption.

1[countable] a piece of healthy skin or bone taken from someone’s body and used to fix another part of his or her body that has been damaged: One burns victim has already had several skin grafts.2[countable] a piece cut from one plant and attached to another plant so that it grows there3[uncountable] the practice of dishonestly using your position or influence to get money or advantages: Six politicians were accused of graft and corruption. [Origin: 1400–1500 graff graft (14–19 centuries), from Old French grafe pencil, graft; because a plant graft looks like a pencil]

noun | verb

graftgraft2 verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

graft

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	graft
	he, she, it	grafts
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	grafted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have grafted
	he, she, it	has grafted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had grafted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will graft
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have grafted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am grafting
	he, she, it	is grafting
	you, we, they	are grafting
Past	I, he, she, it	was grafting
	you, we, they	were grafting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been grafting
	he, she, it	has been grafting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been grafting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be grafting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been grafting

1to remove a piece of skin or bone from one part of someone’s body and put it onto or into another part that has been damaged: graft something onto something Doctors grafted skin from Mike’s arm onto his face.2to join a part of a flower, plant, or tree onto another flower, plant, or tree3to add something very different to something else so that the two things become combined: graft something onto something The new system is not one you can graft onto your existing system; you have to change it.graft off somebody phrasal verb to get money or advantages from someone by dishonestly using your position or influence, especially political influence: The bosses grafted off the men.