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    If something is engorged, it has taken in so much liquid that it looks swollen, tight, and over-full. The liquid is often blood.

    If something is engorged如果某個東西是engorged(腫脹充血的), it has taken in so much liquid它吸收了太多液體, that it looks swollen, tight, and over-full以至於看起來腫脹、緊繃、脹滿. The liquid is often blood這種液體通常是血液.

    Doctors use the word for tissue, a vein, or an organ that is packed too full. You will also hear it of a tick or a leech after feeding, and sometimes of a river after heavy rain.

    Doctors use the word醫生會用這個詞 for tissue, a vein, or an organ來指組織、血管,或器官 that is packed too full脹得太滿的. You will also hear it你也會聽到用這個詞 of a tick or a leech after feeding來形容吸飽血後的壁蝨或水蛭, and sometimes of a river after heavy rain有時也用在大雨過後的河流.

    The picture is physical: stretched from the inside.

    The picture is physical畫面是很身體性的: stretched from the inside從內部被撐開.

    People do sometimes stretch it to mean “having eaten far too much,” but that is a looser, less careful use. It is a science and medical word more than a playground word; it sounds precise, not poetic. You can feel the related verb underneath it: something has been filled to the point of swelling.

    People do sometimes stretch it人們有時會把這個詞引申 to mean "having eaten far too much,"用來表示「吃太多了」, but that is a looser, less careful use但那是比較鬆散、不那麼精確的用法. It is a science and medical word它比較是一個科學和醫學用詞 more than a playground word而不是操場上的用語; it sounds precise, not poetic它聽起來精確,而不詩意. You can feel the related verb underneath it你能感覺到它底下那個相關的動詞: something has been filled to the point of swelling某個東西被填滿到腫脹的程度.

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組成en- (in, into) + gorge (throat; to swallow greedily). The picture is of being stuffed full, like a throat packed with food, or a body packed with liquid.

同家族的字

  • gorgethe “throat / swallow greedily” piece
  • engorgethe verb this adjective comes from

原始詞典資料2 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。

engorgedadj

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    Overly filled with fluid; used especially of blood vessels.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。