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amputee n.被截肢者 Some amputees lose a limb in an accident, while others have surgery to stop a disease, like gangrene, from spreading from an arm or leg to the rest of the body. The surgery to remove a limb is called an amputation, and it's also the word amputee comes from. An amputation was originally "a cutting off of tree branches," from the Latin amputare, "cut off, cut around, or prune."

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英 [ˌæmpju'tiː] 美 [ˌæmpju'tiː] A person who's had an arm or a leg surgically removed is an amputee. Some amputees get artificial limbs that allow them to be nearly as mobile as before the loss of a limb. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]被截肢者 An amputee is someone who has had all or part of an arm or a leg amputated.

英语单词	amputee
英美音标	英 [ˌæmpju'tiː] 美 [ˌæmpju'tiː]
中文释义	n.被截肢者
vocabulary简明	A person who's had an arm or a leg surgically removed is an amputee. Some amputees get artificial limbs that allow them to be nearly as mobile as before the loss of a limb.
vocabulary扩展	Some amputees lose a limb in an accident, while others have surgery to stop a disease, like gangrene, from spreading from an arm or leg to the rest of the body. The surgery to remove a limb is called an amputation, and it's also the word amputee comes from. An amputation was originally "a cutting off of tree branches," from the Latin amputare, "cut off, cut around, or prune."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]被截肢者 An amputee is someone who has had all or part of an arm or a leg amputated.

Amputee Arm Leg Limb Surgery Amputation 英 ˌæmpju'tiː] 美