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单词 vein
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veinnoun

uk/veɪn/us/veɪn/

vein noun (TUBE)

C1 [ C ] a tube that carries blood to the heart from the other parts of the body

[ C ] the frame of a leaf or an insect's wing

Examples

  • His arm was spurting blood where the vein had been severed.
  • You could almost hear the blood coursing through her veins as she passed the finishing line.
  • The function of the veins is to carry blood to the heart.
  • I don't like body builders who are so overdeveloped you can see the veins in their bulging muscles.
  • I could feel the blood pulsing through my veins.

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The circulatory system & blood

  • Abo
  • accessory pathway
  • atrioventricular
  • auricular
  • blood donor
  • blood sugar
  • capillary
  • erectile
  • intravenous
  • LV
  • mediastinal
  • microvascular
  • myocardial
  • myocarditis
  • oxyhaemoglobin
  • palpitate
  • pressure point
  • pulse
  • Rh factor
  • semilunar valve

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Parts of plants

vein noun (LAYER)

[ C ] a narrow layer of a substance that forms in or fills a crack in rock:

A rich vein of iron ore was found in the hillside.

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Engineering - mining & quarrying

  • borehole
  • coal
  • coal mine
  • digger
  • excavate
  • excavator
  • extract
  • fracking
  • gold mine
  • gravel pit
  • gusher
  • hydraulic fracturing
  • mineral
  • mining
  • oil rig
  • opencast
  • pit
  • quarry
  • slag heap
  • workings

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Coverings and layers

vein noun (QUALITY)

[ S ] a particular quality or characteristic:

A vein of satirical anger runs through all his work.
In its bid to be elected, the party is attempting to tap (= use) an underlying vein of nationalism in the country.

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Conditions and characteristics

  • -ance
  • -ancy
  • ability
  • ambience
  • attribute
  • character
  • complexion
  • condition
  • detail
  • feature
  • hallmark
  • karma
  • lineament
  • local colour
  • middle name
  • mien
  • nature
  • resonate
  • savour
  • smack

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vein noun (MOOD)

[ S or U ] a style or a temporary mood:

The opening scene is very violent, and the rest of the movie continues in (a) similar vein.
After laughing about the photograph, they began to talk in (a) more serious vein about the damaging effect it could have on his career.

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Ways of achieving things

  • a means to an end idiom
  • actively
  • another
  • avenue
  • basis
  • channel
  • fair
  • jump
  • mean
  • medium
  • mixed media
  • modality
  • modus operandi
  • one way or another idiom
  • one-handed
  • resort
  • shortcut
  • what's the drill for sth? idiom
  • whereby
  • workings

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