lung
/lʌŋ/noun
1- each of the pair of organs situated within the ribcage, consisting of elastic sacs with branching passages into which air is drawn, so that oxygen can pass into the blood and carbon dioxide be removed. Lungs are characteristic of vertebrates other than fish, though similar structures are present in some other animal groups.肺。
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- （一般作lungs） figurative the open spaces in a town or city, where its inhabitants can get fresher air〈喻〉（市内）空气新鲜的空旷地。
派生词
lunged
adjective肺活力强的
lungful
noun （pl. -fuls）lungless
adjective词源
Old English lungen, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch long and German Lunge, from an Indo-European root shared by LIGHT2; compare with LIGHTS.