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词汇 excrete
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Definition of excrete in English:

excrete

verb ɛkˈskriːtɪkˈskriːtɪkˈskrit
[with object]
  • (of a living organism or cell) separate and expel as waste (a substance, especially a product of metabolism)

    (生物体,细胞)排泄;分泌(物质,尤指代谢物)

    excess bicarbonate is excreted by the kidney

    肾脏分泌过多的碳酸氢盐。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Excessive amounts of alcohol decrease the kidneys' ability to excrete uric acid.
    • To digest foods, fungi excrete enzymes into the environment to break down complex carbon compounds.
    • Throughout the pregnancy the fetus obtains nutrients and oxygen from the mother's blood, by transfer in the placenta to its own umbilical cord blood, and it excretes waste products of metabolism by the same route in reverse.
    • In some simple organisms, such as amoeba, water is actively excreted from the cell in vacuoles.
    • By taking x-ray pictures while the kidneys are excreting the dye, the urologist can see any abnormalities in the outline of the urinary system.
    • When someone is diabetic, they excrete sugar in their urine.
    • Then these bacteria excrete organic material to the clam and the clam can use that organic material as a food source.
    • The kidneys filter and process the blood and excrete the waste products as urine.
    • In healthy birds, uric acid is excreted by the kidneys and is seen as the white material in their droppings.
    • This second mechanism liberates calcium from bone, and the kidney then excretes the calcium.
    • After a medication is metabolized, many medication metabolites are excreted in the urine.
    • The most common cause is a failure of the kidneys to excrete uric acid fast enough.
    • Although most athletes who drink more fluid than they lose as sweat simply excrete the excess fluid as urine, in some people it is retained.
    • The storage of waste materials is a very important function of the vacuole, since plants cannot excrete their wastes the way animals do.
    • When it drinks seawater, the animal excretes salt though the tears, which are simply a concentrated salt solution.
    • Usually, a pregnant woman with preeclampsia develops dangerously high blood pressure and begins excreting protein in the urine.
    • Conditions such as severe renal disease may impair the kidney's ability to excrete potassium.
    • Renal failure occurs as the kidneys fail to excrete the excess potassium.
    • Bile excretes cholesterol, helps neutralize stomach acid and aids in the digestion and absorption of fats.
    • The drug is excreted in the urine and caution is needed in patients with kidney disease.
    Synonyms
    expel, pass, void, discharge, eject, evacuate, eliminate
    exude, emit
    defecate, urinate
    rare egest

Derivatives

  • excreter

  • noun
  • excretive

  • adjective ɛkˈskriːtɪvɪkˈskriːtɪvɪkˈskridɪv

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin excret- 'sifted out', from the verb excernere, from ex- 'out' + cernere 'sift'.

Rhymes

accrete, autocomplete, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, deceit, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, estreat, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meat, meet, meet-and-greet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, petite, pleat, receipt, replete, sangeet, seat, secrete, sheet, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat

Definition of excrete in US English:

excrete

verbikˈskrētɪkˈskrit
[with object]
  • (of a living organism or cell) separate and expel as waste (a substance, especially a product of metabolism)

    (生物体,细胞)排泄;分泌(物质,尤指代谢物)

    excess bicarbonate is excreted by the kidney

    肾脏分泌过多的碳酸氢盐。

    no object the butterfly pupa neither feeds nor excretes

    蝴蝶蛹既不吃也不排泄。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When it drinks seawater, the animal excretes salt though the tears, which are simply a concentrated salt solution.
    • When someone is diabetic, they excrete sugar in their urine.
    • Although most athletes who drink more fluid than they lose as sweat simply excrete the excess fluid as urine, in some people it is retained.
    • Throughout the pregnancy the fetus obtains nutrients and oxygen from the mother's blood, by transfer in the placenta to its own umbilical cord blood, and it excretes waste products of metabolism by the same route in reverse.
    • The drug is excreted in the urine and caution is needed in patients with kidney disease.
    • After a medication is metabolized, many medication metabolites are excreted in the urine.
    • Usually, a pregnant woman with preeclampsia develops dangerously high blood pressure and begins excreting protein in the urine.
    • By taking x-ray pictures while the kidneys are excreting the dye, the urologist can see any abnormalities in the outline of the urinary system.
    • In some simple organisms, such as amoeba, water is actively excreted from the cell in vacuoles.
    • Then these bacteria excrete organic material to the clam and the clam can use that organic material as a food source.
    • The most common cause is a failure of the kidneys to excrete uric acid fast enough.
    • To digest foods, fungi excrete enzymes into the environment to break down complex carbon compounds.
    • This second mechanism liberates calcium from bone, and the kidney then excretes the calcium.
    • Bile excretes cholesterol, helps neutralize stomach acid and aids in the digestion and absorption of fats.
    • The storage of waste materials is a very important function of the vacuole, since plants cannot excrete their wastes the way animals do.
    • Renal failure occurs as the kidneys fail to excrete the excess potassium.
    • The kidneys filter and process the blood and excrete the waste products as urine.
    • Conditions such as severe renal disease may impair the kidney's ability to excrete potassium.
    • In healthy birds, uric acid is excreted by the kidneys and is seen as the white material in their droppings.
    • Excessive amounts of alcohol decrease the kidneys' ability to excrete uric acid.
    Synonyms
    expel, pass, void, discharge, eject, evacuate, eliminate

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin excret- ‘sifted out’, from the verb excernere, from ex- ‘out’ + cernere ‘sift’.

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