gland
/ɡlænd/ (bre, ipa) · /ɡlænd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈgland/ (ame, mw)
gland — 名詞
- glandsingular
- glandsplural
1. an organ inside the body of an animal or plant that makes special liquids such a
腺；腺體
分泌汗液、唾液或荷爾蒙等液體的器官
an organ inside the body of an animal or plant that makes special liquids such as sweat, saliva, or hormones, which the body then either uses or pushes out.
The sweat glands on Yara's forehead worked hard during the long summer run.
在長時間的夏日跑步中，Yara 額頭上的汗腺一直辛勤運作。
common compound: sweat gland
Doctors discovered a small tumour on Rohan's thyroid gland during the scan.
醫師在掃描檢查時發現 Rohan 的甲狀腺上有一個小腫瘤。
common compound: thyroid gland
The biology teacher explained how salivary glands help us begin to digest food in the mouth.
生物老師說明唾液腺如何幫助我們在口中開始消化食物。
Bees have special glands in their bodies that produce wax for building the honeycomb.
蜜蜂體內有特殊的腺體會分泌蠟，用來建造蜂巢。
Some flowers contain tiny glands that release a sweet liquid to attract insects.
有些花朵含有微小的腺體，會釋放甜液來吸引昆蟲。
- organ
broader term — every gland is an organ, but most organs are not glands
用法筆記
Almost always used with a modifier naming the location or product — sweat / thyroid / salivary / pituitary / mammary / adrenal gland. Bare 'gland' on its own is rare outside technical writing.
常見錯誤
2. in everyday speech, a small lump under the skin — usually in the neck, armpit, o
淋巴結
生病時頸部、腋下會腫起的小硬塊
in everyday speech, a small lump under the skin — usually in the neck, armpit, or groin — that swells up when you are ill; medically it is a lymph node, not a true secreting gland.
Quan felt swollen glands in his neck the morning his sore throat began.
喉嚨開始痛的那天早上，Quan 摸到脖子上的淋巴結腫了起來。
typical phrase: swollen glands; location: neck
The nurse pressed gently along Amira's jaw to check for tender glands.
護理師沿著 Amira 的下顎輕壓，檢查是否有壓痛的淋巴結。
collocation: tender glands
Mira's mum told her the lumps under her arm were just glands fighting the infection.
Mira 的媽媽告訴她，腋下的那些硬塊只是淋巴結在對抗感染。
Children with mumps often have very painful glands in front of their ears.
得到腮腺炎的兒童耳前的淋巴腺常常會非常疼痛。
- lymph node
the medical term for the same body part
文法句型
swollen glands
glands in the neck/armpit/groin
用法筆記
Subject is usually a body region in the neck, armpit, jaw, or groin. Almost always plural and paired with adjectives like swollen / tender / painful / enlarged. Distinguish from sense 1: this informal sense refers to lymph nodes, which do not secrete anything.