atrophy 是什么意思？atrophy 的含义 - 柯林高阶英语学习词典 - 在线工具

Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense atrophies , present participle atrophying , past tense, past participle atrophied

1. verb

If a muscle or other part of the body atrophies, it decreases in size or strength, often as a result of an illness.

[formal]

Scott's muscle atrophied, his leg became stunted, and he was left lame. [VERB]

Patients exercised their atrophied limbs in the swimming pool. [VERB-ed]

Synonyms: waste away, waste, shrink, diminish More Synonyms of atrophy

Atrophy is also a noun.

...exercises to avoid jelling and atrophy of cartilage.

2. verb

If something atrophies, its size, degree, or effectiveness decreases because it is not used or protected.

[formal]

If you allow your mind to stagnate, this particular talent will atrophy. [VERB]

Many hoped he would renew the country's atrophied political system. [VERB-ed]

Synonyms: decline, waste, fade, shrink More Synonyms of atrophy

Atrophy is also a noun.

...levels of consciousness which are nowadays usurped by television and in danger of atrophy.

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