"a wasting away through lack of nourishment," 1620s (atrophied is from 1590s), from French atrophie, from Late Latin atrophia, from Greek atrophia "a wasting away," noun of state from atrophos "ill-fed, un-nourished," from a- "not" + trophe "nourishment," from trephein "to fatten" (see -trophy).
atrophy (v.)
1822 (implied in atrophied), from atrophy (n.). Related: Atrophying.
双语例句
1. The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge.
如果没有更多的作家和艺术家出现，这个国家的文化生活将衰退。
来自《权威词典》
2. If you allow your mind to stagnate, this particular talent will atrophy.
如果你老不用脑，那么这一特殊才能就会退化。
来自辞典例句
3. The wall is thin and almost transparent probably due to atrophy of the villi.
肠壁薄,几乎是透明的,这可能是因绒毛萎缩.
来自辞典例句
4. Under the international finance crisis shadow, bulk commodity demand atrophy is serious.
国际金融危机阴影下, 大宗商品需求萎缩严重.
来自互联网
5. The papilla shows initially sickle - shaped and later annular atrophy.
