atrophy英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use. countable,uncountable

— Now that chatbots are going the way of Google—moving from the miraculous to the taken-for-granted—the anxiety has shifted, too, from apocalypse to atrophy. Teachers, especially, say they’re beginning to see the rot. The term for it is unlovely but not inapt: de-skilling.

动词 v.

To wither or waste away. intransitive

— Boy. I love summer vacation. I can feel my brain beginning to atrophy already.
To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken. transitive

— Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion

词形变化

atrophies plural atrophies present,singular,third-person atrophying participle,present atrophied participle,past atrophied past

词汇关系

反义词

hypertrophy strengthen

词源

词源 1

Borrowed from French atrophie, from Latin atrophia, from Ancient Greek ἀτροφία (atrophía, “a wasting away”), from ἄτροφος (átrophos, “ill-fed, un-nourished”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”), from τρέφω (tréphō, “to fatten”). Equivalent to a- + -trophy.

词源 2

Borrowed from French atrophie, from Latin atrophia, from Ancient Greek ἀτροφία (atrophía, “a wasting away”), from ἄτροφος (átrophos, “ill-fed, un-nourished”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”), from τρέφω (tréphō, “to fatten”). Equivalent to a- + -trophy.