单词 | liver |
释义 | liver1/ˈlɪvə /noun 1A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates, involved in many metabolic processes: cholesterol may accumulate in the liver a liver transplant...
1.1A organ similar to the liver in other animals.Gene-disrupting pesticide residues have penetrated the livers of animals at the poles of the planet and in the depths of the oceans....
1.2 [mass noun] The flesh of an animal’s liver as food: [as modifier]: liver pâté...
1.3 [mass noun] A dark reddish brown: [in combination]: liver-coloured lesions...
The liver’s main role is in the processing of the products of digestion into substances useful to the body. It also neutralizes harmful substances in the blood, secretes bile for the digestion of fats, synthesizes plasma proteins, and stores glycogen and some minerals and vitamins. It was formerly supposed to be the seat of love and violent emotion. OriginOld English lifer, of Germanic origin; related to German Leber, Dutch lever. liver2/ˈlɪvə /noun [with adjective or noun modifier] A person who lives in a specified way: a clean liver high livers |
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