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单词 organ
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
or•gan /ˈɔrgən/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Music and Dance
    • Also called pipe organ. a musical instrument having one or more sets of pipes, played by a keyboard that controls compressed air which sounds the pipes.
    • a similar musical instrument having the tones produced electronically:an electronic organ.
  2. Anatomy, Biologya grouping of tissues into a distinct structure that performs a special task, as a heart or kidney in animals or a leaf or stamen in plants.
  3. a newspaper, magazine, or other means of communicating information esp. in behalf of some organization.
  4. an instrument or means, as of action:the organs of government.
See -orga-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
or•gan  (ôrgən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Music and DanceAlso called pipe organ. a musical instrument consisting of one or more sets of pipes sounded by means of compressed air, played by means of one or more keyboards, and capable of producing a wide range of musical effects.
  2. Music and Danceany of various similar instruments, as a reed organ or an electronic organ.
  3. Music and Dancea barrel organ or hand organ.
  4. Anatomy, Biology[Biol.]a grouping of tissues into a distinct structure, as a heart or kidney in animals or a leaf or stamen in plants, that performs a specialized task.
  5. Anatomypenis
  6. a newspaper, magazine, or other means of communicating information, thoughts, or opinions, esp. in behalf of some organization, political group, or the like.
  7. an instrument or means, as of action or performance: This committee will be the chief organ of administration.
  8. Archaic. any of various musical instruments, esp. wind, instruments.
  • Greek órganon implement, tool, bodily organ, musical instrument, akin to érgon work
  • Medieval Latin, Latin organum mechanical device, instrument)
  • Middle English: musical instrument, pipe organ, organ of the body, tool (bef. 1000
    • 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . publication, journal, instrument, channel.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
organ /ˈɔːɡən/ n

  1. Also called: pipe organ a large complex musical keyboard instrument in which sound is produced by means of a number of pipes arranged in sets or stops, supplied with air from a bellows. The largest instruments possess three or more manuals and one pedal keyboard and have the greatest range of any instrument
  2. (as modifier): organ pipe, organ stop, organ loft
  3. any instrument, such as a harmonium, in which sound is produced in this way
  4. a fully differentiated structural and functional unit, such as a kidney or a root, in an animal or plant
  5. an agency or medium of communication, esp a periodical issued by a specialist group or party
  6. an instrument with which something is done or accomplished
  7. a euphemistic word for penis
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French organe, from Latin organum implement, from Greek organon tool; compare Greek ergein to work
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