tissue

英 ['t??u?; 't?sju?] 美['t??u]

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復數:?tissues;

tissue 紙巾，手巾紙，細胞組織

來自拉丁語 texere,編織，紡織，詞源同 texture,textile,-ss,過去分詞格。引申詞義織物，紡織品，后用于指紙巾，手巾紙及科技術語細胞組織等。

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-Fran?ois-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.: 那個女人在禁食一星期后減脂約1.8公斤。

3. The tissue is examined microscopically to rule out or confirm cancer.: 利用顯微鏡檢查組織，以排除或確認癌變。

4. The virus remains dormant in nerve tissue until activated.: 病毒潛伏于神經組織里直到被激活。

5. She arrived weeping, dabbing her eyes with a tissue.: 她來的時候一邊哭著，一邊用紙巾抹著眼淚。