artery
/ˈɑːtəri/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɑːrtəri/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈär-tə-rē ˈär-trē/ (ame, mw)
artery — 名詞
- arterysingular
- arteriesplural
1. a thick tube that takes blood away from the heart and delivers it to the muscles
動脈
把血液帶離心臟送往身體各處的血管
a thick tube that takes blood away from the heart and delivers it to the muscles, organs, and other tissues of the body.
Bilal's doctor warned him that fatty food can slowly block the arteries near his heart.
Bilal 的醫生警告他，油膩的食物會慢慢堵塞他心臟附近的動脈。
collocation: block / clog the arteries
The surgeon cut a small artery in Talia's leg to take a blood sample.
外科醫師切開 Talia 腿上的一條小動脈，採取血液樣本。
noun in object position after a verb of medical action
Daily walks helped Eleni keep her arteries healthy after her heart attack last winter.
去年冬天心臟病發後，每天散步幫助 Eleni 保持動脈健康。
An artery in Niran's neck was cut during the accident, and he lost blood quickly.
Niran 頸部的一條動脈在意外中被切斷，他很快就大量失血。
Doctors place a thin tube into a patient's artery to check blood pressure.
醫生會把一根細管子放入病人的動脈中，以量測血壓。
- blood vessel
general term; covers both arteries and veins
- vein
carries blood back toward the heart
用法筆記
Often paired with verbs of damage or blockage (block, clog, narrow, cut, harden) and with body-part modifiers (main artery, neck artery). Distinguish from sense 2 (figurative road/route use).
常見錯誤
2. a wide road, railway line, or river along which large numbers of people, vehicle
幹道；要道
車流貨物或人潮大量通過的主要路線
a wide road, railway line, or river along which large numbers of people, vehicles, or goods move every day, connecting one part of a region to another.
The main artery into the city was blocked after a truck overturned on the bridge.
一輛卡車在橋上翻覆後，進城的主要幹道整個被堵住。
collocation: main / major artery (into a city)
For centuries the river was the chief artery for trade between the two old towns.
好幾個世紀以來，這條河一直是兩座老城鎮之間貿易的主要動脈。
metaphor: river as artery for trade
Christopher avoided the main arteries at rush hour and took back streets to work.
Christopher 尖峰時段避開主要幹道，改走小巷上班。
Heavy snow shut down every major artery leading north out of the capital on Tuesday.
週二的大雪讓所有往首都北方的主要幹道全部封閉。
The new railway became an important artery linking the farming towns to the busy port.
這條新鐵路成為連接農村小鎮和繁忙港口的重要動脈。
- thoroughfare
more formal; usually only of roads
- main route
neutral; less vivid than artery
- side street
the opposite for urban roads only
用法筆記
Almost always modified (main artery, major artery, chief artery) and followed by a destination (into / out of / between / linking). Used for roads, railways, rivers, and shipping lanes — anything that moves traffic or trade in large volume. Distinguish from sense 1 (anatomical blood vessel).