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单词 grafter
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
graft1 /græft/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Botanya bud or small shoot of a plant placed into a groove, slit, or the like in a stem or trunk of another plant in which it continues to grow.
  2. Surgerya portion of living tissue removed during a medical operation from one part of an individual to another part, or from one individual to another individual.

v. [+ object]
  1. Botanyto insert (a graft) into a tree or other plant;
    insert a shoot of (one plant) into another plant.
  2. Surgeryto transplant (a portion of living tissue) as a graft.
graft•er, n. [countable]

graft2 /græft/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. the obtaining of money or advantage by dishonest or unfair means, esp. through the abuse of one's position or influence, as in politics.
  2. the money or advantage so acquired.
graft•er, n. [countable]]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
graft1  (graft, gräft),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Botany[Hort.]
    • a bud, shoot, or scion of a plant inserted in a groove, slit, or the like in a stem or stock of another plant in which it continues to grow.
    • the plant resulting from such an operation;
      the united stock and scion.
    • the place where the scion is inserted.
  2. Surgerya portion of living tissue surgically transplanted from one part of an individual to another, or from one individual to another, for its adhesion and growth.
  3. an act of grafting.

v.t. 
  1. Botanyto insert (a graft) into a tree or other plant;
    insert a scion of (one plant) into another plant.
  2. Botanyto cause (a plant) to reproduce through grafting.
  3. Surgeryto transplant (a portion of living tissue, as of skin or bone) as a graft.
  4. to attach as if by grafting:an absurdity grafted onto an otherwise coherent body of thought.
  5. Nautical, Naval Termsto cover (a rope) with a weaving of rope yarn.

v.i. 
  1. to insert scions from one plant into another.
  2. to become grafted.
  • Greek grapheion, derivative of gráphein to write; so called from the resemblance of the point of a (cleft) graft to a stylus
  • Late Latin graphium hunting knife (Latin: stylus)
  • Old French graife, greffe, graffe
  • earlier graff, Middle English graffe, craffe 1350–1400
grafter, n. 
    • 10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged implant, transplant, plant, join, adhere.

graft2  (graft, gräft),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the acquisition of money, gain, or advantage by dishonest, unfair, or illegal means, esp. through the abuse of one's position or influence in politics, business, etc.
  2. a particular instance, method, or means of thus acquiring gain or advantage.
  3. the gain or advantage acquired.
  4. British Termswork;
    labor.

v.t. 
  1. to obtain by graft.

v.i. 
  1. to practice graft.
  • perh. special use of graft1 1855–60
grafter, n. 

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