1. 1結節的、結節狀的(醫學、植物等用語)

    Nodular is a describing word for something that has small round raised parts, or that is made of them — the same little swellings called . A doctor may say a thyroid feels nodular, meaning the surface is not smooth but has little round lumps. A gardener may talk of nodular roots on beans, where tiny round swellings grow on the root. The word belongs to medical and scientific talk. In ordinary life people say bumpy, , or “it has little lumps.” Nodular is not itself the lump: the lump is the ; nodular tells you what something is like. It is also not a computer word, even though English has node in that world too.

組成From nodule + -ar. The ending -ar makes a describing word meaning “of or like” that thing.

同家族的字

  • nodulenodular means having, or relating to, nodules
  • nodeboth go back to Latin nodus, a knot

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,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。

nodularadj

  • 1

    Of or relating to a nodule or nodules.

  • 2

    Possessing, composed of, or similar in form to nodules.

    • Loose nodular deposits of gold metal are commonly referred to as nuggets.
    • The disease causes nodular black growths that may become pustular.

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