1690s, from French glande (Old French glandre "a gland," 13c.), from Latin glandula "gland of the throat, tonsil," diminutive of glans (genitive glandis) "acorn, nut; acorn-shaped ball," from PIE root *gwele- (2) "acorn" (cognates: Greek balanos, Armenian kalin, Old Church Slavonic zelodi "acorn;" Lithuanian gile "oak"). Earlier English form was glandula (c. 1400); Middle English also had glandele "inflamed gland" (c. 1400). Extended from tonsils to glands generally.
雙語例句
1. Her mother has an underactive adrenal gland.
她的母親腎上腺機能不全.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. This is a snake's poison gland.
這就是蛇的毒腺。
來自辭典例句
3. The duct that drains the entire gland is the main duct.
整個腺體的導管匯總在一起稱主導管.
來自辭典例句
4. Bronchography may reveal dilated enlarged ducts of hypertrophic gland.
支氣管造影可顯示出肥大腺體的腺管已經擴張和腫大.
來自辭典例句
5. It is also an endocrine gland secreting at least two important hormones.