tissue是什么意思

n. 组织；纸巾；薄纱；一套

vt. 饰以薄纱；用化妆纸揩去

中文词源

tissue 纸巾，手巾纸，细胞组织

来自拉丁语 texere,编织，纺织，词源同 texture,textile,-ss,过去分词格。引申词义织物，纺织品，后用于指纸巾，手巾纸及科技术语细胞组织等。

tissue: tissue: [14] Tissue is etymologically ‘woven’ cloth. The word was borrowed from Old French tissu ‘fine woven cloth’, which was a noun use of the past participle of tistre ‘weave’. This in turn was descended from Latin texere ‘weave’ (source of English text, texture, etc). The application of the word to ‘physiological substance’ dates from the early 19th century. The original notion of weaving is preserved metaphorically in expressions such as ‘tissue of lies’.
=> technical, text, texture, toilet
tissue (n.): mid-14c., "band or belt of rich material," from Old French tissu "a ribbon, headband, belt of woven material" (c. 1200), noun use of tissu "woven, interlaced," past participle of tistre "to weave," from Latin texere "to weave, to make" (see texture (n.)). The biological sense is first recorded 1831, from French, introduced c. 1800 by French anatomist Marie-François-Xavier Bichal (1771-1802). Meaning "piece of absorbent paper used as a handkerchief" is from 1929. Tissue-paper is from 1777, supposedly so called because it was made to be placed between tissues to protect them.

2. The woman lost about 1.8kg of fatty tissue during the week's fast.: 那个女人在禁食一星期后减脂约1.8公斤。

3. The tissue is examined microscopically to rule out or confirm cancer.: 利用显微镜检查组织，以排除或确认癌变。

4. The virus remains dormant in nerve tissue until activated.: 病毒潜伏于神经组织里直到被激活。

5. She arrived weeping, dabbing her eyes with a tissue.: 她来的时候一边哭着，一边用纸巾抹着眼泪。