vein
noun/veɪn/
/veɪn/
- [countable] any of the tubes that carry blood from all parts of the body towards the heart
静脉 - the jugular vein
颈静脉 - The nurse was having trouble finding a vein in his arm.
护士很难找到他手臂上的静脉。
Homophones vain | veinvain vein/veɪn//veɪn/- vain adjective
- He plunged into the icy water in a vain effort to rescue his dog.
他跳进冰冷的水中，试图营救他的狗。
- He plunged into the icy water in a vain effort to rescue his dog.
- vein noun
- A vein in her head throbbed when she was angry.
当她生气的时候，她的头上的一根静脉就会跳动。
- A vein in her head throbbed when she was angry.
Extra ExamplesTopics Bodyc1- He felt the adrenalin coursing through his veins.
他感觉到自己血脉贲张。 - The philosopher Seneca opened his veins in his bath.
哲学家塞内加在浴缸里割开了自己的静脉。 - The veins stood out on her throat and temples.
她的脖子和太阳穴处青筋暴起。 - There's a drop of Irish blood in her veins.
她有一点儿爱尔兰血统。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- blue
- broken
- spider
- …
- course through
- flow through
- pump through
- …
- pulse
- throb
- bulge
- …
- … blood in somebody’s veins
- the jugular vein
- [countable] any of the very thin tubes that form the frame of a leaf or an insect’s wing
叶脉；翅脉 - [countable] a narrow area of a different colour in some types of stone, wood and cheese
纹理；纹路；条纹 - [countable] a thin layer of minerals or metal contained in rock
矿脉；矿脉床；矿层；岩脉 - a vein of gold
金矿脉
- a vein of gold
- [singular] vein (of something) an amount of a particular quality or feature in something
（某种素质或特征的）量 - They had tapped a rich vein of information in his secretary.
他们从他的秘书那里摸到了大量信息。 - There was a vein of proverbial wisdom in what he said.
他的话里充满了谚语的智慧。
Extra Examples- The writer tapped into a rich vein of humour in the play.
作者在剧中加入了大量的幽默元素。 - The team have hit a rich vein of form recently.
近来球队已达到最佳竞技状态。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- rich
- hit
- strike
- mine
- …
- vein of
- in a different vein
- in a lighter vein
- in a more serious vein
- …
- They had tapped a rich vein of information in his secretary.
- [singular, uncountable] a particular style or manner
风格；方式 - A number of other people commented in a similar vein.
其他一些人也以类似的腔调评论。 - ‘And that's not all,’ he continued in angry vein.
“那还不算全部呢。”他生气地继续说道。 - Other speakers tackled the same problem in a lighter vein.
其他发言者以轻松的方式解决了同样的问题。 - Fortunately, the rest of the evening continued in a lighter vein.
值得庆幸的是，那天晚上后来的气氛变得轻松了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- rich
- hit
- strike
- mine
- …
- vein of
- in a different vein
- in a lighter vein
- in a more serious vein
- …
- A number of other people commented in a similar vein.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French veine, from Latin vena. The earliest senses were ‘blood vessel’ and ‘small natural underground channel of water’.