liver 音标拼音: [l'ɪvɚ]
n . 肝脏,生活者,居民
肝脏,生活者,居民
liver adj 1 :
having a reddish -
brown color [
synonym : {
liver -
colored },
{
liver }]
n 1 :
large and complicated reddish -
brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity ;
secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat ;
synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood ;
synthesizes vitamin A ;
detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn -
out erythrocytes 2 :
liver of an animal used as meat 3 :
a person who has a special life style ; "
a high liver "
4 :
someone who lives in a place ; "
a liver in cities "
Liver \
Liv "
er \,
n . [
AS .
lifer ;
akin to D .
liver ,
G .
leber ,
OHG .
lebara ,
Icel .
lifr ,
Sw .
lefver ,
and perh .
to Gr . ?
fat ,
E .
live ,
v .] (
Anat .)
A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral cavity of all vertebrates .
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Note :
Most of the venous blood from the alimentary canal passes through it on its way back to the heart ;
and it secretes the bile ,
produces glycogen ,
and in other ways changes the blood which passes through it .
In man it is situated immediately beneath the diaphragm and mainly on the right side .
See {
Bile }, {
Digestive },
and {
Glycogen }.
The liver of invertebrate animals is usually made up of c [
ae ]
cal tubes ,
and differs materially ,
in form and function ,
from that of vertebrates .
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{
Floating liver }.
See {
Wandering liver },
under {
Wandering }.
{
Liver of antimony }, {
Liver of sulphur }. (
Old Chem .)
See {
Hepar }.
{
Liver brown }, {
Liver color },
the color of liver ,
a dark ,
reddish brown .
{
Liver shark } (
Zool .),
a very large shark ({
Cetorhinus maximus }),
inhabiting the northern coasts both of Europe and North America .
It sometimes becomes forty feet in length ,
being one of the largest sharks known ;
but it has small simple teeth ,
and is not dangerous .
It is captured for the sake of its liver ,
which often yields several barrels of oil .
It has gill rakers ,
resembling whalebone ,
by means of which it separates small animals from the sea water .
Called also {
basking shark }, {
bone shark },
{
hoemother }, {
homer },
and {
sailfish };
it is sometimes referred to as {
whale shark },
but that name is more commonly used for the {
Rhincodon typus },
which grows even larger .
{
Liver spots },
yellowish brown patches on the skin ,
or spots of chloasma .
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Liver \
Liv "
er \,
n .
1 .
One who ,
or that which ,
lives .
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And try if life be worth the liver '
s care . --
Prior .
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2 .
A resident ;
a dweller ;
as ,
a liver in Brooklyn .
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3 .
One whose course of life has some marked characteristic (
expressed by an adjective );
as ,
a free liver .
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{
Fast liver },
one who lives in an extravagant and dissipated way .
{
Free liver }, {
Good liver },
one given to the pleasures of the table .
{
Loose liver },
a person who lives a somewhat dissolute life .
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Liver \
Liv "
er \ (
l [
i ^]
v "[~
e ]
r ),
n . (
Zool .)
The glossy ibis ({
Ibis falcinellus }); --
said to have given its name to the city of Liverpool .
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84 Moby Thesaurus words for "
liver ":
abatis ,
abdomen ,
absorption ,
anus ,
appendix ,
assimilation ,
bile ,
blind gut ,
bowels ,
brain ,
brains ,
cecum ,
chitterlings ,
cholangitis ,
cholecystitis ,
cirrhosis ,
cockscomb ,
colon ,
denizen ,
digestion ,
digestive system ,
duodenum ,
dweller ,
endocardium ,
entrails ,
foregut ,
gastric juice ,
gastrointestinal tract ,
giblets ,
gizzard ,
guts ,
haslet ,
heart ,
hepatitis ,
hepatoma ,
hindgut ,
icterus ,
infectious hepatitis ,
ingestion ,
innards ,
inner mechanism ,
insides ,
internals ,
intestinal juice ,
intestine ,
inwards ,
jaundice ,
jejunum ,
kidney ,
kidneys ,
kishkes ,
large intestine ,
liver and lights ,
lung ,
marrow ,
midgut ,
occupant ,
pancreas ,
pancreatic digestion ,
pancreatic juice ,
perineum ,
predigestion ,
pump ,
pylorus ,
rectum ,
resident ,
resider ,
saliva ,
salivary digestion ,
salivary glands ,
secondary digestion ,
serum hepatitis ,
small intestine ,
spleen ,
stomach ,
sweetbread ,
ticker ,
tongue ,
tripe ,
tripes ,
vermiform appendix ,
viscera ,
vitals ,
works Liver (
Heb .
kabhed , "
heavy ;"
hence the liver ,
as being the heaviest of the viscera ,
Ex .
29 :
13 ,
22 ;
Lev .
3 :
4 ,
1 ,
10 ,
15 )
was burnt upon the altar ,
and not used as sacrificial food .
In Ezek .
21 :
21 there is allusion ,
in the statement that the king of Babylon "
looked upon the liver ,"
to one of the most ancient of all modes of divination .
The first recorded instance of divination (
q .
v .)
is that of the teraphim of Laban .
By the teraphim the LXX .
and Josephus understood "
the liver of goats ."
By the "
caul above the liver ,"
in Lev .
4 :
9 ;
7 :
4 ,
etc .,
some understand the great lobe of the liver itself .
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