| 单词 | graft |
| 释义 | Word Frequency graft 1(ɡrɑːft) noun 1. horticulture a. a piece of plant tissue (the scion), normally a stem, that is made to unite with an established plant (the stock), which supports and nourishes it b. the plant resulting from the union of scion and stock c. the point of union between the scion and the stock 2. surgery a piece of tissue or an organ transplanted from a donor or from the patient's own body to an area of the body in need of the tissue 3. the act of joining one thing to another by or as if by grafting verb 4. horticulture a. to induce (a plant or part of a plant) to unite with another part or (of a plant or part ofa plant) to unite in this way b. to produce (fruit, flowers, etc) by this means or (of fruit, flowers, etc) to grow by this means 5. to transplant (tissue) or (of tissue) to be transplanted 6. to attach or incorporate or become attached or incorporated to graft a happy ending onto a sad tale Derived forms grafter (ˈgrafter) noun grafting (ˈgrafting) noun Word origin C15: from Old French graffe, from Medieval Latin graphium, from Latin: stylus, from Greek grapheion, from graphein to writeWord Frequency graft 2(ɡrɑːft) informal noun 1. work (esp in the phrase hard graft) 2. a. the acquisition of money, power, etc, by dishonest or unfair means, esp by taking advantage of a position of trust b. something gained in this way, such as profit from government business c. a payment made to a person profiting by such a practice verb 3. (intransitive) to work 4. to acquire by or practise graft Derived forms grafter (ˈgrafter) noun Word origin C19: of uncertain origin |
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