"a wasting away through lack of nourishment," 1620s (atrophied is from 1590s), from French atrophie, from Late Latin atrophia, from Greek atrophia "a wasting away," noun of state from atrophos "ill-fed, un-nourished," from a- "not" + trophe "nourishment," from trephein "to fatten" (see -trophy).
atrophy (v.)
1822 (implied in atrophied), from atrophy (n.). Related: Atrophying.
雙語例句
1. The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge.
如果沒有更多的作家和藝術家出現，這個國家的文化生活將衰退。
來自《權威詞典》
2. If you allow your mind to stagnate, this particular talent will atrophy.
如果你老不用腦，那么這一特殊才能就會退化。
來自辭典例句
3. The wall is thin and almost transparent probably due to atrophy of the villi.
腸壁薄,幾乎是透明的,這可能是因絨毛萎縮.
來自辭典例句
4. Under the international finance crisis shadow, bulk commodity demand atrophy is serious.
國際金融危機陰影下, 大宗商品需求萎縮嚴重.
來自互聯網
5. The papilla shows initially sickle - shaped and later annular atrophy.