[N-COUNT 可数名词]动脉Arteries are the tubes in your body that carry blood from your heart to the rest of your body.
...patients suffering from blocked arteries.
患动脉栓塞的病人
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]主干路；干线；要道 You can refer to an important main route within a complex road, railway, or river system as an artery .
Clarence Street was one of the northbound arteries of the central business district.
克拉伦斯街是中央商业区北段部分的主干路之一。
...the point where the Ohio River, itself a great artery, joins the Mississippi.
本身就是一条主干河道的俄亥俄河和密西西比河的交汇处
Oxford
ar·tery/ˈɑːtəri; NAmEˈɑːrtəri/noun(pluralar·teries)1any of the tubes that carry blood from the heart to other parts of the body 动脉◆blocked arteries堵塞的动脉☞collocationsat
ill
☞compare
vein
☞see also
coronary artery
2a large and important road, river, railway/railroad line, etc. 干线（指主要公路、河流、铁路线等）▶ar·ter·ial/ɑːˈtɪəriəl; NAmEɑːrˈtɪriəl/adjective[only before noun ]◆arterial blood/disease动脉血╱病◆an arterial road干线公路arteryarteriesar·tery/ˈɑːtəri; NAmEˈɑːrtəri/ar·ter·ial/ɑːˈtɪəriəl; NAmEɑːrˈtɪriəl/