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Secrete Secreted Secret Money Juice Find Verb 动词

英语单词 secrete
英美音标 英 [sɪ'kriːt] 美 [sɪ'kriːt]
中文释义 vt.隐藏;隐匿
vt.分泌
英语例句 (1) He found the money secreted in a drawer.
(2) Squirrels secrete a supply of nuts for winter.
(3) He secreted himself to avoid being caught.
(4) The kidneys secrete urine.
(5) Tears are secreted by an organ under the upper eyelid.
中文例句 (1) 他找到了藏在抽屉里的钱。
(2) 松鼠为准备过冬而藏坚果。
(3) 他为了躲避追捕,隐匿起来了。
(4) 肾脏是分泌尿液的器官。
(5) 眼泪由上眼睑下面的器官分泌。
vocabulary简明 Secrete is all about secrets. It means both "to hide" and "to release." When you squeeze a lemon, it secretes juice. When you stuff your money in a mattress, you secrete it there.
vocabulary扩展 It's easy to remember that secrete's all about secrets when you see the word secret inside secrete. Imagine the first person who squeezed a lemon and secreted the juice. Probably felt like he'd discovered a secret stash of citrus goodness. If he was greedy, maybe he gathered all the lemons he could find and secreted them away in a box so no one else would learn the secret of the juice-secretion.
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]分泌 If part of a plant, animal, or human secretes a liquid, it produces it.
  [V n]
  • The sweat glands secrete water.

    汗腺分泌汗液。

2
[VERB 动词]隐藏;藏匿 If you secrete something somewhere, you hide it there so that nobody will find it.
  [V n prep/adv]
  [LITERARY 文]
  • She secreted the gun in the kitchen cabinet.

    她把枪藏在橱柜里。

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