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单词 spleen
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spleen

noun
/spliːn/
/spliːn/
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  1. enlarge image
    [countable]
    a small organ near the stomach that controls the quality of the blood cells
    • a ruptured spleen
    Topics Bodyc2
  2. [uncountable] (literary) anger
    • He vented his spleen (= shouted in an angry way) on the assembled crowd.
    see also splenetic
  3. Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French esplen, via Latin from Greek splēn; sense (2) derives from the earlier belief that the spleen was the seat of bad temper.
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