membrane

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments.; A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force. countable,uncountable
  2. A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments.; A flexible or semiflexible covering or waterproofing whose primary function is to exclude water. countable,uncountable
    — The animal was breathing oxygen that permeated from the water through panels of membrane while carbon dioxide and other unwanted gases moved in the opposite direction—from the animal's enclosed atmosphere into the water.
  3. A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments.; A microscopic double layer of lipids and proteins forming the boundary of cells or organelles. countable,uncountable
  4. A piece of parchment forming part of a roll. countable,uncountable

词形变化

membranes plural

词源

Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin membrāna (“skin or membrane that covers parts of the body”), from membrum (“a limb or member of the body”) + -āna. Doublet of membrana.
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