• n. 軟骨；軟骨結構

詞源不詳，可能來自grist, 磨。-le, 表反復。因相對人體其它的骨頭而言，軟骨是一種耐磨性高的有彈性的膠狀組織。

gristle (n.)

Old English gristle "cartilage," related to grost "gristle," from a common West Germanic word (cognates: Old Frisian and Middle Low German gristel, Old High German crostila, Middle High German gruschel) of obscure origin.

1. a lump of gristle

一塊軟骨

來自《權威詞典》

2. Babies have gristle in some parts of the skull.

嬰兒的腦殼有些部分是軟骨.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

3. I can't eat this meat it's all gristle , ie full of gristle.

這肉不能吃 -- 凈是軟骨.

來自辭典例句

4. Because in the day, their vertebral gristle can be easily tread down.

因為在白天脊椎的軟骨組織容易遭到壓迫.

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