Vein

[veɪn] or [ven]

解释:

(noun.) one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect.

(noun.) a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; 'all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood'.

(noun.) a distinctive style or manner; 'he continued in this vein for several minutes'.

(noun.) a layer of ore between layers of rock.

(noun.) any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ.

(verb.) make a veinlike pattern.

安娜校对--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2.

(n.) One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.

(n.) One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation.

(n.) A narrow mass of rock intersecting other rocks, and filling inclined or vertical fissures not corresponding with the stratification; a lode; a dike; -- often limited, in the language of miners, to a mineral vein or lode, that is, to a vein which contains useful minerals or ores.

(n.) A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.

(n.) A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation.

(n.) A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course.

(n.) Peculiar temper or temperament; tendency or turn of mind; a particular disposition or cast of genius; humor; strain; quality; also, manner of speech or action; as, a rich vein of humor; a satirical vein.

(v. t.) To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins.

编辑:史蒂夫

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Blood-vessel.[2]. Rib (of a leaf), nerve.[3]. Seam (in a mine), lode.[4]. Stripe, streak.[5]. Bent, humor, disposition, mood.[6]. Talent, faculty, genius, quality, strain, turn of mind, peculiar temper.

v. a. Stripe, streak.

汉克整理

解释:

n. one of the vessels or tubes which convey the blood back to the heart: one of the horny tubes forming the framework of an insect's wings: (bot.) one of the small branching ribs in a leaf: a seam of a different mineral through a rock: a fissure or cavity: a streak in wood or stone: a train of thought: a course: tendency or turn of mind: mood or humour.—v.t. to form veins or the appearance of veins in.—n. Vein′age veins collectively.—adj. Veined full of veins: streaked variegated: (bot.) having vessels branching over the surface as a leaf.—n. Vein′ing formation or disposition of veins: streaking.—adj. Vein′less having no veins.—n. Vein′let (bot.) a little vein or vessel branching out from a larger one.—adjs. Vein′ous Vein′y full of veins.—ns. Vein′stone the earthy part of a lode; Vein′ūle a very small vein.

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