| 单词 | appendix |
| 释义 | appendix (once / 819 pages) 1n 2n No, it's not just a tiny organ pouch that requires surgery when it begins to hurt; an appendix is also additional material at the end of a book or paper. You would think that the appendix at the end of a book came after appendix the body part, wouldn't you? After all, our bodies have been around a lot longer than books have. But you'd be wrong. The name for the organ, also known as vermiform appendix, came into use later, no doubt because it is something attached — as its Latin root is translated — to the intestines just as an appendix is attached to the end of a book. WORD FAMILYappendix: appendices, appendixes USAGE EXAMPLESThere is more wiggle room with species categorized under Appendix II and Appendix III, as long as the traveler obtains the proper permit or certificate. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) And an appendix by neuroscientists James May and Fiona Harrison adds little. Nature(Dec 13, 2016) Even more ominous, his name doesn’t appear in Appendix 1. Washington Post(Dec 08, 2016) 1 n a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch 2Syn|Hyper cecal appendage, vermiform appendix, vermiform process appendage, outgrowth, process a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant n supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book Hypo|Hyper shirttail a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article codicila supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument intended to alter an already executed will addendum, postscript, supplement textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end |
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