[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]解剖学Anatomy is the study of the structure of the bodies of people or animals.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](人的)身体 You can refer to your body as your anatomy.
[usu poss N]
[HUMOROUS 幽默]
The ball hit him in the most sensitive part of his anatomy.
球击中了他身上最敏感的部位。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](动物体的)结构 An animal's anatomy is the structure of its body.
[oft with poss]
He had worked extensively on the anatomy of living animals.
他在活体解剖方面经验丰富。
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[N-SING 单数名词]剖析;分析The anatomy of a subject or an idea is an examination or investigation of it.
[usu the N of n]
This was a troubling essay on the anatomy of nationhood.
这是一篇剖析民族主义的让人不安的文章。
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anat·omy/əˈnætəmi; NAmEəˈnætəmi/noun(pluralanat·omies)1[uncountable ]the scientific study of the structure of human or animal bodies 解剖学2[countable , uncountable ]the structure of an animal or a plant (动植物的)结构,解剖◆the anatomy of the horse马的身体构造◆human anatomy人体解剖3[countable ]( humorous) a person's body 人体◆Various parts of his anatomy were clearly visible.他身体的各个部位都清晰可见。4[countable ]( formal) an examination of what sth is like or why it happens 剖析;解析◆an anatomy of the current recession对当前衰退的剖析▶ana·tom·ical/ˌænəˈtɒmɪkl; NAmEˌænəˈtɑːmɪkl/adjective◆anatomical diagrams解剖示意图ana·tom·ic·al·ly/ˌænəˈtɒmɪkli; NAmEˌænəˈtɑːmɪkli/adverbanatomyanatomiesanat·omy/əˈnætəmi; NAmEəˈnætəmi/ana·tom·ical/ˌænəˈtɒmɪkl; NAmEˌænəˈtɑːmɪkl/ana·tom·ic·al·ly/ˌænəˈtɒmɪkli; NAmEˌænəˈtɑːmɪkli/
1[uncountable] the scientific study of the structure of human or animal bodies: a professor of anatomyhuman/animal anatomy Knowledge of human anatomy is essential to figure drawing.2[countable usually singular] the structure of a body, or of a part of a bodyanatomy of the anatomy of the nervous system3[countable] your body – often used in a humorous way: You could see a part of his anatomy that I’d rather not mention.4the/an anatomy of somethinga)a study or examination of an organization, process etc in order to understand and explain how it works: Elkind’s book is an anatomy of one man’s discussion with his son about life.b)the structure of an organization, process etc or the way it works: For the first time, we have the chance to examine the anatomy of a secret government operation.
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