| 单词 | member |
| 释义 | member (once / 29 pages) 1n 2n If you're a member, you belong to a group or club. The late comedian Groucho Marx famously said, "I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member." Go figure. When an object, like a plant or an element, is a member, it's also part of a group or class. A tiger, for example, is a member of the genus called Panthera, and it's also a member of the cat family. You're a member of the human species, and if you swim competitively, you're also a member of a swim team. The United States is a member, along with 192 other countries, of the United Nations. The Latin root of member is membrum, "part," and also "limb or part of the body." WORD FAMILYmember: dismember, memberless, members, membership, nonmember+/dismember: dismembered, dismembering, dismemberment, dismembers/dismemberment: dismemberments/membership: memberships/nonmember: nonmembers USAGE EXAMPLESFifteen years is a long time, especially in the life of a company and the tenure of its board members. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) The group’s members represent a quarter of the global economy. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) At the very least, Motion Picture Academy members will have an increased awareness of her work. Los Angeles Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1n anything that belongs to a set or class snakes are members of the class Reptilia members of the opposite sex Hyper component, component part, constituent, moiety, part, portion something determined in relation to something that includes it 2n one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization) only members will be admitted a member of the faculty she was introduced to all the members of his family Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper fellow member nonmember a person who is not a member Areopagite a member of the council of the Areopagus brothera male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group) cabalista member of a cabal charter memberone of the original members when an organization was founded commissionera member of a commission committee membera member of a committee council member, councillora member of a council Conservativea member of a Conservative Party fellowa member of a learned society homeboya fellow male member of a youth gang homegirla fellow female member of a youth gang huddlera member of a huddle inducteea person inducted into an organization or social group joinera person who likes to join groups kibbutznika member of a kibbutz kolkhoznika member of a kolkhoz board membera member of a governing board clan member, clansman, clanswomana member of a clan club membersomeone who is a member of a club pledgesomeone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group Rosicruciana member of a secret 17th-century society of philosophers and scholars versed in mystical and metaphysical and alchemical lore Rosicruciana member of any of various organizations that subsequently derived from the 17th-century society Rotariana member of a Rotary Club sistera female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group sodalista member of a sodality tribesmansomeone who lives in a tribe committeemana man who is a member of committee committeewomana woman who is a member of a committee councilmana man who is a council member councilwomana woman who is a council member directormember of a board of directors Freemason, Masona member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love regent, trusteemembers of a governing board Beguine(Roman Catholic Church) a member of a lay sisterhood (one of several founded in the Netherlands in the 12th and 13th centuries); though not taking religious vows the sisters followed an austere life associate a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor 3n an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations) 2the library was a member of the interlibrary loan association Canada is a member of the United Nations Hyper social unit, unit an organization regarded as part of a larger social group 1n an external body part that projects from the body Syn|Hypo|Hyper appendage, extremity chelicera either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing mouthpartany part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feeding fangan appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs chela, claw, nipper, pincera grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods parapodiumone of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing finorgan of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals pleopod, swimmeretone of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming limbone of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper dactyl, digita finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates toxicognatheither of a pair of poison fangs in the modified front pair of legs of the centipede hind limb, hindlimba posterior appendage such as a leg or the homologous structure in other animals forelimbthe front limb (or the homologous structure in other animals, such as a flipper or wing) flipperthe flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming dorsal finunpaired median fin on the backs of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates that help to maintain balance pectoral fineither of a pair of fins situated just behind the head in fishes that help control the direction of movement pelvic fin, ventral fineither of a pair of fins attached to the pelvic girdle in fishes that help control the direction of movement; correspond to hind limbs of a land vertebrate caudal fin, tail finthe tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates lega human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle crusthe leg from the knee to foot lega structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion thighthe part of the leg between the hip and the knee arma human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb cubitusthe arm from the elbow to the fingertips forearmthe part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist minimusthe fifth digit; the little finger or little toe fingerany of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb) toeone of the digits of the foot external body part any body part visible externally 2n the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism) Syn|Hypo|Hyper penis micropenis, microphallus an abnormally small penis erectile organ an organ containing erectile tissue |
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