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Amputate Badly Arm Leg Doctors Describe Removal Word

英语单词 amputate
英美音标 英 ['æmpjuteɪt] 美 ['æmpjuteɪt]
中文释义 v.切断;截(肢)
英语例句 (1) It may be necessary to amputate his foot.
(2) Her arm is so badly injured they will have to amputate (it).
(3) Her leg was so badly damaged that the doctors had to amputate.
中文例句 (1) 切除他的脚是必要的。
(2) 她的胳膊伤势严重,他们不得不锯掉(它).
(3) 她的那条腿伤得很厉害,医师只得将其截除。
vocabulary简明 Use the verb amputate when you need to describe the surgical removal of a limb, such as an arm or a leg. For example, a doctor might amputate an accident victim's badly crushed arm.
vocabulary扩展 No doubt you hope you'll never have to tell someone that you have to amputate, but if you do make sure you pronounce the word correctly, with the accent on the first syllable: "AM-pyo-tate." Amputate comes from the Latin word amputat-, meaning "lopped off." It can describe the removal of limbs or digits from both humans and animals.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]切断;截(肢) To amputate someone's arm or leg means to cut all or part of it off in an operation because it is diseased or badly damaged.
  [V n]
  [have n V-ed]
  [Also V]
  • To save his life, doctors amputated his legs...

    为了挽救他的生命,医生们截掉了他的双腿。

  • He had to have one leg amputated above the knee.

    他的一条腿不得不从膝部以上截断。

amputation
  • He lived only hours after the amputation.

    截肢后,他只活了几个小时。

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