spleen
/spliːn/noun
1
- Anatomy an abdominal organ involved in the production and removal of blood cells in most vertebrates and forming part of the immune system【剖】脾。
2
- mass noun bad temper; spite坏脾气; 恶意：
he could vent his spleen on the institutions which had duped him.
他可以向那些愚弄他的机构发泄怒气。
ORIGIN: from the earlier belief that the spleen was the seat of such emotions.
派生词
spleenful
adjective词源
Middle English: shortening of Old French esplen, via Latin from Greek splēn.