| 释义 |
spleen/spli:n/n. 1 an abdominal organ involved in the production and removal of blood cells in most vertebrates and forming part of the immune system 脾(脏) (大部分脊椎动物的腹部器官，具有产生和分解血细胞的功能，属于免疫系统的一部分) 2 lowness of spirits; moroseness, ill temper, spite (from the earlier belief that the spleen was the seat of such feelings) 忧郁；愁闷；坏脾气；恶意(过去认为脾是这些情感之源) a fit of spleen 一股怒气； vented their spleen 他们发脾气 □ spleenful adj.□ spleeny adj.[Middle English via Old French esplen and Latin splen from Greek splēn] |