vein
- IPA[vān]
美式
- any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart.；(in general and figurative use) a blood vessel
noun: vein, plural noun: veins
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- 1. any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart.
- ▪ (in general and figurative use) a blood vessel he felt the adrenaline course through his veins
- ▪ (in plants) a slender rib running through a leaf or bract, typically dividing or branching, and containing a vascular bundle.
- ▪ (in insects) a hardened branching rib that forms part of the supporting framework of a wing, consisting of an extension of the tracheal system; a nervure.
- 2. a fracture in rock containing a deposit of minerals or ore and typically having an extensive course underground gold-bearing quartz veins 同義詞
- ▪ a streak or stripe of a different color in wood, marble, cheese, etc. 同義詞
- ▪ a body of subsurface water, especially as considered a source or potential source of water for a well or wells and thought of as flowing in a channel.
- ▪ a source of a specified quality or other abstract resource he managed to tap into the thick vein of discontent to his own advantage
- 3. a distinctive quality, style, or tendency he closes his article in a somewhat humorous vein 同義詞
- marked with or as if with veins: a blue-veined cheese
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- marked with or as if with veins: a blue-veined cheese
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- a pattern of lines, streaks, or veins: the marble's characteristic surface veining
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- a pattern of lines, streaks, or veins: the marble's characteristic surface veining
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- dilated capillaries on the skin, resembling spider legs, and common among children and pregnant ...
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- a vein carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
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- either of two large veins of the neck formed by the junction of the external jugular and ...
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- a large vein on the right side at the back of the thorax, draining into the superior vena cava.
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