testosterone

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n. 睾丸激素 [化] 睾酮

发音

UK /tɛˈstɒ.stə.ɹəʊn/
其它
US /tɛˈstɑ.stəˌɹoʊn/

词形变化

testosterones 复数 testosterones

别名

test TEST T

教材释义与例句

名词

睾酮，睾丸素（男性荷尔蒙的一种）

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A steroid hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, produced mainly in the testes, but also in the ovaries and adrenal cortex.

    睾酮

    可数 不可数 化学 生物
  2. 2.

    Manly behavior, often of an aggressive or foolishly reckless nature.

    可数 比喻 不可数

    Mother encouraged James to rely more on intelligence and less on testosterone to deal with the neighbor's son.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

androgen

相关短语

testosterone undecanoate 十一酸睾酮

词源

From test(is) + -o- + -sterone (“steroid hormone”).

来源：wiktionary