| 单词 | graft |
| 释义 | graft (once / 837 pages) 1nv 2n Graft can mean bribery or corruption. It's also a way of transplanting skin or bones in medicine, as in a skin graft. People who get terrible burns on their faces often have pieces of skin taken from other parts of their bodies to help them heal and look better. That transplanted skin is called a graft. There are also grafts in agriculture, when farmers take a branch from one tree and graft it onto another tree. The most common use of graft is in political corruption cases when politicians are accused of taking money in exchange for granting favors. WORD FAMILYgraft: engraft, grafted, grafting, grafts, ingraft+/engraft: engrafted, engrafting, engrafts/grafting: graftings/ingraft: ingrafted, ingrafting, ingrafts USAGE EXAMPLESAnd there was talk about money — India’s recent devaluing of its currency in an apparent effort to cut graft and tax evasion. Time(Jan 01, 2017) However, it also opened the door to widespread graft and further squeezed the food supply. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) The graft marks are visible on his legs as well as surgical scars. Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) 1 1n (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient Syn|Hypo|Hyper transplant autograft, autoplasty tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person allograft, homografttissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft heterograft, xenografttissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species animal tissue the tissue in the bodies of animals 2n the act of grafting something onto something else Syn|Hyper grafting affixation, attachment the act of attaching or affixing something 3v cause to grow together parts from different plants graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree Syn|Hyper engraft, ingraft conjoin, join make contact or come together 4v place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient 2Syn|Hyper transplant enter, infix, insert, introduce put or introduce into something n the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage Syn|Hypo|Hyper bribery barratry the crime of a judge whose judgment is influenced by bribery commercial briberybribery of a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into a transaction felony a serious crime (such as murder or arson) |
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