glandular

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ˈɡlan.djʊl.ə/|/ˈɡlan.d͡ʒʊl.ə/|/ˈɡlan.ʒʊl.ə/    /ˈɡlæn.d͡ʒəl.ɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A food supplement made from glands.
    — Then Mr. Rothschild states that there is a wealth of studies attesting to the beneficence of glandulars in the human diet, only to fall into the same error he lays on Dr. Holub: failing to cite a single one.
形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to a gland or glands. not-comparable
    — a glandular disorder
  2. Pertaining to a gland or glands.; Having the characteristics or function of a gland. not-comparable
  3. Innate, inherent. not-comparable
    — […]the almost glandular Russian instinct for adventure and romance.
  4. Physical, sexual. not-comparable

词形变化

glandulars plural

词源

词源 1
Mid 18th century borrowing from French glandulaire, from glandule (“small gland”) + -aire (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix), from Latin glandulae (“glands of the throat”); equivalent to glandule + -ar.
词源 2
Mid 18th century borrowing from French glandulaire, from glandule (“small gland”) + -aire (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix), from Latin glandulae (“glands of the throat”); equivalent to glandule + -ar.
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