lungs
lungs — 名詞
1. one of the pair of soft breathing organs inside your chest that bring oxygen int
肺
負責呼吸的器官
one of the pair of soft breathing organs inside your chest that bring oxygen into the blood and carry waste gas out when you breathe
The doctor listened to Owen's lungs while he took slow breaths.
醫生在 Owen 緩慢吸氣時，聽了聽他的肺部。
listen to somebody's lungs
Years of factory smoke had badly damaged Gabriela's lungs.
多年的工廠濃煙已經嚴重傷害了 Gabriela 的肺。
damage the lungs
During the climb, Salma felt her lungs working harder in the thin air.
爬坡時，Salma 感覺自己的肺在稀薄空氣中更吃力地運作。
Healthy lungs fill with air and send oxygen into the blood.
健康的肺會吸入空氣，並把氧氣送進血液。
After the fire, Charlotte coughed as ash burned her lungs.
火災後，Charlotte 一邊咳嗽，一邊覺得灰燼灼痛了她的肺。
文法句型
damage the lungs
listen to somebody's lungs
lungs fill with air
用法筆記
Usually used in the plural when talking about the two breathing organs together. Use the singular lung when you mean one organ or refer to the body part in general.