Tissue



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 组织;薄纸, 棉纸
• ［英］ n. 组织 ( animal or plant cells) ; 薄纸, 棉纸 ( light thin paper)
• ［类］ molecule : atoms / tissue : cells ( 原子构成分子 / 细胞构成组织)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English tysshewe, tyssew, a rich fabric, from Anglo-French tissue, from past participle of tistre to weave, from Latin texere — more at technical
• Date: 1563
• 1.
  • a. a fine lightweight often sheer fabric
  • b. mesh, network, web <a tissue of lies>
• 2. a piece of soft absorbent tissue paper used especially as a handkerchief or for removing cosmetics
• 3. an aggregate of cells usually of a particular kind together with their intercellular substance that form one of the structural materials of a plant or an animal
• ? tissuey adjective

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