| 释义 |
adenoids /'aedmoidz US: -dan-; 'aednpidz/ n pl (anat) soft, sponge-like growth between the back of the nose and the throat, in some cases making breathing and speech difficult: (解剖)腺样增殖体(生长于鼻后与喉之间的海绵状柔软瘤肿，有时可致呼吸及说话困难)： have one's ~ out, ie by a surgical operation. 动手术把腺样增殖体割掉。 She's got ~, (colloq) is suffering from inflammation of the ~. (俗)她患了腺样增殖体炎。 → the illus at head. 参看 head 之插图。 adenoidal /.aedi'noidl; zaedn'oidl/ adj of the ~: 腺样增殖体的： an adenoidal youth, one suffering from diseased ~. 患腺样增殖的年轻人。 |