vivisect
/viv-uh-sekt, viv-uh-sekt/US // ˈvɪv əˌsɛkt, ˌvɪv əˈsɛkt //UK // (ˈvɪvɪˌsɛkt, ˌvɪvɪˈsɛkt) //
活体检测,活体检查,活检,活体解剖学
Definitions
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
- : to dissect the living body of.
v.无主动词 verb
- 1
- : to practice vivisection.
Examples
Mason-wasps deliberately vivisect spiders, which are insects extremely tenacious of life.
To do any great thing with the heart of another, you must vivisect your own, and this truth Theodora had to practise continually.
The man who can vivisect an emotion, and lay bare a heart-beat in print, knows a subtle joy.
Whether they vivisect painfully or painlessly, they are trying to find out whether the truth is there or not.
He is not allowed to try his germs and specifics upon them; he is not allowed to vivisect them.
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