Graft



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 嫁接, 移植; n. 贪污
• ［英］ v. 嫁接, 移植 ( to cause a scion to unite with a stock) ; n. 贪污 ( dishonestly in politics)
• ［类］ 反义词: abscission ( 剪除) -process of grafting ( 嫁接)
• ［记］ 分割记忆: g－raft ( 木筏)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English graffe, grafte, from Anglo-French greffe, graife stylus, graph, from Medieval Latin graphium, from Latin, stylus, from Greek grapheion, from graphein to write — more at carve
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. a grafted plant
  • b. scion 1
  • c. the point of insertion of a scion upon a stock
• 2.
  • a. the act of grafting
  • b. something grafted; specifically living tissue used in grafting

II. verb

• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to cause (a scion) to unite with a stock; also to unite (plants or scion and stock) to form a graft
    • b. to propagate (a plant) by grafting
  • 2.
    • a. to join or unite as if by grafting
    • b. to attach (a chemical unit) to a main molecular chain
  • 3. to implant (living tissue) surgically
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to become grafted
  • 2. to perform grafting
• ? grafter noun

III. noun

• Etymology: English dialect graft, verb, to work
• Date: 1853
• chiefly British work, labor

IV. *Etymology: origin unknown

• Date: 1859
• transitive verb
  • to get (illicit gain) by graft
• intransitive verb
  • to practice graft

V. noun

• Date: 1865
• the acquisition of gain (as money) in dishonest or questionable ways; also illegal or unfair gain

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