atrophied
past simple and past participle ofatrophy
| 单词 | atrophied |
| 释义 | atrophied past simple and past participle ofatrophy atrophy verb[I] uk/ˈæt.rə.fi/us/ˈæt.rə.fi/(of apartof thebody) to bereducedinsizeandthereforestrength, or, moregenerally, tobecomeweaker: After severalmonthsin ahospitalbed, mylegmuscleshad atrophied. In the 1980s,theirpoliticalpowergraduallyatrophied(=becameweaker). Disorders of muscles & the nervous system
atrophynoun[U]ukus Examplesofatrophiedatrophied In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Their minds and willsatrophied, and they became solely creatures of sensual instinct. From theCambridge English Corpus Female worms hadatrophiedovaries but did not have alteration in the vitelline glands. From theCambridge English Corpus Daily workouts were essential, not just to limber up, but to activate muscles thatatrophiedfrom lack of use. From theCambridge English Corpus In contrast, production practice (with explicit information) resulted in learning that was available for use only in production and thatatrophiedmarkedly over time. From theCambridge English Corpus Any skills they had possessed would haveatrophiedfrom their years of involuntary inactivity. From theCambridge English Corpus The liberal social uplift approachatrophiedunder the weight of this powerful doctrine. From theCambridge English Corpus Their activities graduallyatrophied, however, due to the changes in economic structure accompanying the tightening of the nation's seclusion. From theCambridge English Corpus Isolated and compelled by a religious and cultural assimilation through missionaries, these languages are becoming debilitated andatrophied. From theCambridge English Corpus It is not entirely clear from the data that the sucker has notatrophiedto some extent. From theCambridge English Corpus The iris is severelyatrophiedby 18 months of age. From theCambridge English Corpus Legs (fig. 13, b) present butatrophied, length less than that of the antennae; claws with a distinct ventral tooth. From theCambridge English Corpus Ovaries wereatrophied, manifested by a complete or large reduction in oocytes but other parts of the reproductive system like the vitelline glands were mainly unaffected. From theCambridge English Corpus It is difficult to adjudicate whether the valve is truly a common valve or represents only the morphologic left component when its "tricuspid" component is markedlyatrophied. From theCambridge English Corpus Will there be any thought of apology, compensation or—a wordatrophiedthrough disuse—resignations? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Before, their ability to communicate, even with children in their class, hadatrophied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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