kidney

名词 kidney:

1. either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine

1. The surgeon graft the dead man's kidney into his patient.
   这位外科医生将死人的两个肾移植到他的病人身上。
2. A collecting structure in the kidney.
   肾总管，肾盂肾中的集合结构
3. Able to develop into kidney tissue.
   肾发生的能发展为肾组织的
4. Each man has a pair of kidneys.
   每个人有一对肾脏。

kid.ney

n.（名词）
【复数】 kid.neys
Anatomy Either one of a pair of organs in the dorsal region of the vertebrate abdominal cavity, functioning to maintain proper water and electrolyte balance, regulate acid-base concentration, and filter the blood of metabolic wastes, which are then excreted as urine.
【解剖学】 肾脏：位于脊椎腹腔背部区的一个或一对器官，作用是保持水和电解质平衡，调整酸碱浓度，过滤代谢产物中的血液，然后以尿的形式排出
The kidney of certain animals, eaten as food.
腰子：做食物用的某些动物的肾脏
An excretory organ of certain invertebrates.
肾：某些无脊椎动物的排泄器官
Kind; sort.
类型；品种

来源：
Middle English kidenere, kidenei
中古英语 kidenere, kidenei
perhaps from Old English *cydenôora
可能源自 古英语 *cydenôora
*cyde [belly]
*cyde [肚子]
*nôora [kidney]
*nôora [肾，肾脏]