secrete
美音:
[sık´ri:t
]英音:
[sık´ri:t
]vt.隐秘,隐藏,隐匿,[生理]分泌
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secrete为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:secreted 过去分词:secreted 现在分词:secreting 第三人称单数:secretes
词根
cern=to separate(分离) 变化型 cret
相关词
secrete
/sɪ'kri:t; sɪ`krit/
v (fml 文)
1 [Tn] (of an organ) produce (a substance, usu liquid) either as waste material or for use within the body (指器官)分泌(某物质)
*The kidneys secrete urine. 肾脏是分泌尿液的器官.
* Saliva is secreted by glands in the mouth. 唾液是由口腔的唾液腺分泌出来的.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr] put or keep (sth) in a secret place; hide 隐藏(某物); 藏匿
*money secreted in a drawer 藏在抽屉里的钱.
secrete
v [T]
[Sense: 1; Date: 1700-1800; Origin: secretion]
[Sense: 2; Date: 1700-1800; Origin:SECRET1]
if a part of an animal or plant secretes a liquid substance, it produces it
The toad's skin secretes a deadly poison.
formal to hide something
The money had been secreted in a Swiss Bank account.