adipose

a. 动物脂肪的, 肥胖的 n. 动物脂肪

发音

UK /ˈæd.ɪ.pəʊs/
UK /ˈæd.ɪ.pəʊz/
US /ˈæd.ɪ.poʊs/

词形变化

more adipose 比较级 most adipose 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Animal fat stored in the tissue of the body.

    不可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.

  2. 2.

    Slightly overweight; chubby.

词汇关系

形容词

近义相关 2

fat fatty

相关短语

adipose tissue [医] 脂肪组织 adipose fin adipose fins adipose tissues brown adipose tissue white adipose tissue brown adipose tissues white adipose tissues

词源

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin adipōsus, from Latin adeps (“fat, lard”). By surface analysis, adip- + -ose; Latin adeps (“fat, lard”) is probably related to Umbrian 𐌀𐌛𐌄𐌐𐌄𐌔 (ařepes, “offerings of fat”) since 𐌛 (ř) in Umbrian regularly represents an earlier *d.

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