spleen
noun/spliːn/
/spliːn/
- [countable] a small organ near the stomach that controls the quality of the blood cells
enlarge image脾 - a ruptured spleen
破裂的脾
- a ruptured spleen
- [uncountable] (literary) anger
愤怒；怒气 - He vented his spleen (= shouted in an angry way) on the assembled crowd.
他把怒气撒在了聚集的人群身上。
- He vented his spleen (= shouted in an angry way) on the assembled crowd.
Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French esplen, via Latin from Greek splēn; sense (2) derives from the earlier belief that the spleen was the seat of bad temper.