hormone

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈhɔːməʊn/    /ˈhoɹmoʊn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
    — Interfemale dominance may be facilitated by female sex hormones as well as adrenal testosterone...
  2. A synthetic compound with the same activity.
    — Tumours of the adrenal cortex which secreted feminizing hormones […]
  3. A synthetic compound with the same activity.; Sex hormones, as used in hormone replacement therapy for transgender or intersex people. colloquial,plural-normally
    — I'm going to be going to slightly higher doses of hormones soon.
  4. Any similar substance in plants.
动词 v.
  1. To treat with hormones. colloquial,transitive

词形变化

hormones plural hormones present,singular,third-person hormoning participle,present hormoned participle,past hormoned past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ὁρμή (hormḗ)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Ancient Greek -άω (-áō)
Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn)lbor.
English hormone
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, to urge on”), from ὁρμή (hormḗ, “rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, impulse to do a thing, effort”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ὁρμή (hormḗ)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Ancient Greek -άω (-áō)
Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn)lbor.
English hormone
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, to urge on”), from ὁρμή (hormḗ, “rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, impulse to do a thing, effort”).
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