| 单词 | graft |
| 释义 | graft 1. n. & v. --n 1. Bot. a a shoot or scion inserted into a slit of stock, from which it receives sap. b the place where a graft is inserted. 2. Surgery a piece of living tissue, organ, etc., transplanted surgically. 3. sl. hard work. --v 1. tr. a (often foll. by into, on, together, etc.) insert (a scion) as a graft. b insert a graft on (a stock). 2. intr. insert a graft. 3. tr. Surgery transplant (living tissue). 4. tr. (foll. by in, on) insert or fix (a thing) permanently to another. 5. intr. sl. work hard. Phrases and idioms grafting-clay (or -wax) a substance for covering the united parts of a graft and stock. Derivatives grafter n. Etymology: ME (earlier graff) f. OF grafe, grefe f. L graphium f. Gk graphion stylus f. grapho write 2. n. & v. colloq. --n 1. practices, esp. bribery, used to secure illicit gains in politics or business. 2. such gains. --vintr. seek or make such gains. Derivatives grafter n. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn. |
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