| 单词 | metabolism |
| 释义 | metabolism (once / 7040 pages) 1n 2n Your metabolism is the result of all the processes in your body working together to create the energy that keeps you going. Your metabolism is the rate at which your body's many processes function, and it can be low, high, or somewhere in the middle. When you're younger, your high metabolism makes it easy to lose weight but as you get older your metabolism slows down and you might put on a few pounds. Exercising speeds up your metabolism. This word also refers to the sudden transformation of a larva into an adult in some animals. WORD FAMILYmetabolism: metabolise, metabolisms, metabolize+/metabolic: metabolically, metabolism/metabolise: metabolised/metabolize: metabolized, metabolizes, metabolizing USAGE EXAMPLES“If they don’t show a return to normal in metabolism, what hope is there for the rest of us?” New York Times(May 02, 2016) It is also expanding aggressively into “medical foods,” intended to help prevent, treat or manage conditions like metabolism issues, cancer and obesity. Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016) There are more than 100 varieties of these hormones, which help regulate metabolism and digest foods. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1 n the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper metabolic process cellular respiration, internal respiration, respiration the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs basal metabolismthe amount of energy required to maintain the body of an individual in a resting state fat metabolisma metabolic process that breaks down ingested fats into fatty acids and glycerol and then into simpler compounds that can be used by cells of the body glycolysisa metabolic process that breaks down carbohydrates and sugars through a series of reactions to either pyruvic acid or lactic acid and releases energy for the body in the form of ATP biological process, organic process a process occurring in living organisms n the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals Syn|Hypo|Hyper metamorphosis hemimetabolism, hemimetaboly, hemimetamorphosis incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insects heterometabolism, heterometabolydevelopment of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage precedes maturity holometabolism, holometabolycomplete metamorphosis in insects biological process, organic process a process occurring in living organisms |
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