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organ

/awr-guhn/US // ˈɔr gən //UK // (ˈɔːɡən) //

风琴,器官,机关,有机体

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also called pipe organ. a musical instrument consisting of one or more sets of pipes sounded by means of compressed air, played by means of one or more keyboards, and capable of producing a wide range of musical effects.
    • : any of various similar instruments, as a reed organ or an electronic organ.
    • : a barrel organ or hand organ.
    • : Biology. a grouping of tissues into a distinct structure, as a heart or kidney in animals or a leaf or stamen in plants, that performs a specialized task.
    • : penis
    • : a newspaper, magazine, or other means of communicating information, thoughts, or opinions, especially in behalf of some organization, political group, or the like.
    • : an instrument or means, as of action or performance: This committee will be the chief organ of administration.
    • : Archaic. any of various musical instruments, especially wind, instruments.

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Examples

  • They would like someone’s brain-cell data safeguarded, just as our organs are.

  • The recipient is still one person, but their new organ has different genes.

  • In our bodies, we have organs — structures that have specific jobs.

  • Yul Kwon currently works at Google, but he’s been a lawyer, political organizer, government regulator, organ donation activist, and Survivor winner.

  • That process includes a mix of chemical activities that supports life in cells, organs and whole organisms.

  • The brain, also an organ, is particularly sensitive to the loss of oxygen.

  • Indeed, the body would ultimately have rejected the organ transplant.

  • But in Jersey City the fight goes on, with fabulous organ accompaniment.

  • As the film starts, the organ sinks back down below the stage where the musician can be heard and not seen.

  • To easily switch between sounds, the organ is outfitted with dozens of preset buttons like the kind found in old radios.

  • But he forgot the stagnant town, the bald-headed man at the club window, the organ and "The Manola."

  • In the first case “I” stands for the person using it, and in the last case it means the organ of sight.

  • The primal rigidity of the straight line yields later on to the freedom of an organ.

  • Of course there had been no organ in this church before, or the worthy deacon might have known more about it.

  • The flute, a component part of the organ, is one of the most ancient of musical instruments.