| 单词 | spongy |
| 释义 | spongy (spʌndʒi ) Word forms: spongier, spongiest adjective Something that is spongy is soft and can be pressed in, like a sponge. We liked the bike's spongy handgrip for keeping our hands away from cold metal. The earth was spongy from rain. Synonyms: porous, light, absorbent, springy Collocations: spongy tissue There are indications that young larvae mine in the spongy tissue of the leaf sheaths. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The lungs have spongy tissue unlike the sacs of other saurians. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Antlers grow as highly vascular spongy tissue covered in a skin called velvet. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The expanding spongy tissue presses against a surrounding dense tissue (tunica albuginea) constricting these veins, preventing blood from leaving. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It invites comparison between the smoker's tar-clogged lung cavities and the fresh, spongy tissues of the clean-living. Times, Sunday Times |
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