atrophying
[ˈætrəfi:ɪŋ]

v.

（使）萎缩，（使）虚脱，（使）衰退( atrophy的现在分词 )；

英英释义

atrophy[ 'ætrəfi ]

• n.
  • a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse

    同义词：wastingwasting away

  • any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)

    同义词：withering

• v.undergo atrophy

  "Muscles that are not used will atrophy"

词组短语

muscular atrophy肌肉萎缩

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. More exercises can avoid atrophy of cartilage.
   多加锻炼可以避免软骨萎缩。
2. The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge.
   除非能多涌现出一些作家和艺术家

用作动词(v.)

1. Muscles that are not used will atrophy.
   肌肉经常不用就会萎缩。
2. Their political power gradually atrophied.
   他们的政治力量逐渐衰退了。

权威例句

Atrophying tinea versicolor: A clinical and histological study of 12 patients
Progressive, atrophying, chronic granulomatous dermohypodermitis. Autoimmune disease?
Patterns of gene expression in atrophying skeletal muscles: response to food deprivation
Protein turnover in atrophying muscle: from nutritional intervention to microarray expression analysis
Microarray gene expression analysis in atrophying rainbow trout muscle: a unique nonmammalian muscle degradation model.
Elevated levels of a calcium-activated muscle protease in rapidly atrophying muscles from vitamin E-deficient rabbits
TRAF6 coordinates the activation of autophagy and ubiquitin-proteasome systems in atrophying skeletal muscle.
Modulations of muscle protein metabolism by branched-chain amino acids in normal and muscle-atrophying rats
Modulations of muscle protein metabolism by branched-chain amino acids in normal and muscle-atrophying rats.
FoxO3 coordinately activates protein degradation by the autophagic/lysosomal and proteasomal pathways in atrophying muscle cells