| 单词 | kidney |
| 释义 | kidney —kidneylike, adj. /kid"nee/, n. , pl. kidneys. 1. Anat. either of a pair of bean-shaped organs in the back part of the abdominal cavity that form and excrete urine, regulate fluid and electrolyte balance, and act as endocrine glands. 2. Zool. a corresponding organ in other vertebrate animals or an organ of like function in invertebrates. 3. the meat of an animal's kidney used as food. 4. constitution or temperament: He was a quiet child, of a different kidney from his boisterous brothers. 5. kind, sort, or class: He is only at ease with men of his own kidney. [1275-1325; ME kidenei, kidenere (sing.), kideneres, kideneren (pl.); orig. uncert.; perh. a compound based either on nere (sing.), neres (pl.) kidney (OE *neore; cf. OHG nioro, ON nyra); or ei (sing.), eiren (pl.) EGG1, OE aeg (sing.), aegru (pl.) (by assoc. with the organ's shape); for the first element cf. dial. kid pod (akin to COD2)] |
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