吞噬细胞
tūn shì xì bāo
Pinyin

Definition

吞噬细胞
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tūn shì xì bāo
  1. phagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

同胞
tóng bāo
  1. 1 born of the same parents
  2. 2 sibling
  3. 3 fellow citizen
  4. 4 compatriot
吞噬
tūn shì
  1. 1 to swallow
  2. 2 to engulf
  3. 3 to gobble up
私吞
sī tūn
  1. 1 to misappropriate (public funds etc)
  2. 2 to embezzle
细胞
xì bāo
  1. 1 cell (biology)
双胞胎
shuāng bāo tāi
  1. 1 twin
  2. 2 CL:對|对[duì]
三胞胎
sān bāo tāi
  1. 1 triplets
侵吞
qīn tūn
  1. 1 to annex
  2. 2 to swallow (up)
  3. 3 to embezzle
侨胞
qiáo bāo
  1. 1 countryman living abroad
吞
tūn
  1. 1 to swallow
  2. 2 to take
吞吞吐吐
tūn tūn tǔ tǔ
  1. 1 to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth
  2. 2 to speak and break off, then start again
  3. 3 to hold sth back
吞咽
tūn yàn
  1. 1 to swallow
  2. 2 to gulp
吞拿
tūn ná
  1. 1 tuna (loanword)
吞没
tūn mò
  1. 1 to embezzle
  2. 2 to swallow up
  3. 3 to engulf
吞声
tūn shēng
  1. 1 to swallow one's cries
吞云吐雾
tūn yún tǔ wù
  1. 1 to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)
  2. 2 to blow cigarette or opium smoke
吞食
tūn shí
  1. 1 to devour
忍气吞声
rěn qì tūn shēng
  1. 1 to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence
  2. 2 to swallow one's anger
  3. 3 to grin and bear it
慢吞吞
màn tūn tūn
  1. 1 very slow
  2. 2 exasperatingly slow
狼吞虎咽
láng tūn hǔ yàn
  1. 1 to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
  2. 2 to gorge oneself
独吞
dú tūn
  1. 1 to hog
  2. 2 to keep everything for oneself

Idioms (8)

人心不足蛇吞象
rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
  1. 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
吞吞吐吐
tūn tūn tǔ tǔ
  1. 1 to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth
  2. 2 to speak and break off, then start again
  3. 3 to hold sth back
吞云吐雾
tūn yún tǔ wù
  1. 1 to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)
  2. 2 to blow cigarette or opium smoke
囫囵吞枣
hú lún tūn zǎo
  1. 1 to swallow in one gulp (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) to accept without thinking
  3. 3 to lap up
忍气吞声
rěn qì tūn shēng
  1. 1 to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence
  2. 2 to swallow one's anger
  3. 3 to grin and bear it
狼吞虎咽
láng tūn hǔ yàn
  1. 1 to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
  2. 2 to gorge oneself
生吞活剥
shēng tūn huó bō
  1. 1 to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
饮恨吞声
yǐn hèn tūn shēng
  1. 1 to harbor a grudge with deep-seated hatred (idiom)

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