secrete
secrete 英 [sɪˈkri:t] 美 [sɪˈkrit]
vt. 藏匿；私下侵吞；分泌
进行时:secreting 过去式:secreted 过去分词:secreted 第三人称单数:secretes 名词复数:secretes
- Secrete is all about secrets. It means both "to hide" and "to release." When you squeeze a lemon, it secretes juice. When you stuff your money in a mattress, you secrete it there.
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- vt. 藏匿；私下侵吞；分泌
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1. Because the oil is used as a reserve nutrient—like fat—diatoms have evolved no mechanism to secrete it.
由于油的作用是营养储备——就象脂肪似的——所以硅藻没有进化出分泌油份的机制。
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2. We know they smear a liquid on the tube, but we don’t know where they secrete it from or what its chemical composition is.
我们知道它们在往玻璃管上抹一种液体，但我们不知道它们是从哪里分泌出来的，也不知道它的化学成分。
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3. The bacterium can also secrete chemicals that inhibit fungal growth, as well as hormones that stimulate the growth of its host plants.
这种细菌也能够分泌抑制真菌生长的化学物质，同时，它还能产生促进宿主植物生长的激素。
- secrete (v.) 1707, back-formation from secretion. Related: Secreted; secretes; secreting.
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