1845 in biological sense, from German metabolisch (1839), from Greek metabolikos "changeable," from metabole "a change, changing, a transition" (see metabolism). Used earlier in a general sense of "involving change" (1743). Related: Metabolically.
雙語例句
1. Regular exercise can increase your basal metabolic rate.
定期運動能夠提高你的基礎代謝率。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Your metabolic rate is the speed at which your body transforms food into energy.
新陳代謝率是身體把食物轉換為能量的速度。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Chemical carcinogens generally require metabolic conversion to some form of " ultimate " carcinogen.
化學致癌物一般需要通過代謝來轉換成某種形式的 “ 最終 ” 致癌物.
來自辭典例句
4. A number of intoxicants are associated with metabolic acidosis.