adipose

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ˈæd.ɪ.pəʊs/|/ˈæd.ɪ.pəʊz/    /ˈæd.ɪ.poʊs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Animal fat stored in the tissue of the body. uncountable
    — As reviewed in this volume, adipose function is mechanistically linked to diseases such as arthritis, asthma, and inflammatory bowel disease.
形容词 adj.
  1. Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
    — They will attack the problem specifically at key sites in the brain, digestive system, and adipose organs.
  2. Slightly overweight; chubby.
    — This was a statue of a slightly adipose child in a bath hat with its nappy round its ankles.

词形变化

more adipose comparative most adipose superlative

词源

词源 1
From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin adipōsus, from Latin adeps (“fat, lard”). By surface analysis, adip- + -ose; Latin adeps (“fat, lard”) is probably related to Umbrian 𐌀𐌛𐌄𐌐𐌄𐌔 (ařepes, “offerings of fat”) since 𐌛 (ř) in Umbrian regularly represents an earlier *d.
词源 2
From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin adipōsus, from Latin adeps (“fat, lard”). By surface analysis, adip- + -ose; Latin adeps (“fat, lard”) is probably related to Umbrian 𐌀𐌛𐌄𐌐𐌄𐌔 (ařepes, “offerings of fat”) since 𐌛 (ř) in Umbrian regularly represents an earlier *d.
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