| 单词 | deferent |
| 释义 | deferent deferent1 /def"euhr euhnt/, adj. marked by or showing deference: She was always deferent to her elders. [1815-25; DEFER2 + -ENT] deferent2 /def"euhr euhnt/, adj. Anat. 1. conveying away; efferent. 2. of or pertaining to the vas deferens. n. 3. Astron. (in the Ptolemaic system) the circle around the earth in which a celestial body or the center of the epicycle of its orbit was thought to move. [1375-1425; late ME < L deferent- (s. of deferens), prp. of deferre. See DEFER2, -ENT] |
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