tonsil
n.[解] 扁桃腺
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形容词:tonsillar
tonsil
/'tɒnsl; `tɑnsl/
n either of two small organs at the sides of the throat near the root of the tongue 扁桃体
*have one's tonsils out, ie have them removed by a surgeon 切除扁桃体. =>illus at throat 见 throat 插图.
tonsil
n[C]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: tonsillae 'tonsils']
your tonsils are the two small round pieces of flesh at the sides of your throat
If you keep getting throat infections you might have to have your tonsils out (=have them removed) .