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Cellulite is the dimpled, uneven look that fat just under the skin can give, often on the thighs or bottom. Magazines and ads talk about it as a problem that must be fixed; doctors are usually calmer — many adults have it, and it is not a disease. The word came in from French in the 1960s, so it is newer than it sounds. Though actually, it sits beside a much more serious cousin: cellulitis is an infection, not a look. One is how skin can appear; the other is an illness.
橘皮組織(不是蜂窩性組織炎)
組成Borrowed from French cellulite. On the surface, cellule (a tiny cell) + -ite. It is a doublet of cellulitis.
同家族的字
- cellulitissame French/Latin pieces, but that word is a skin infection, not dimpled fat
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
cellulitenoun/ˈsɛl.jʊ.laɪt/
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informalmedicinepathologysciencesSkin dimpling caused by the herniation (protrusion) of subcutaneous adipose tissue (fat within connective tissue), especially on the pelvic area of women.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。