marrow

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mar·row /ˈmærəʊ $ -roʊ/ noun

1 [uncountableU]HBAHBH the soft fatty substance in the hollow centre of bones 骨髓 SYN bone marrow

a bone marrow transplant

骨髓移植

2. [countableC, uncountableU] British EnglishBrEDF a large long dark green vegetable that grows on the ground 西葫芦

3. chilled/frozen/shocked etc to the marrow COLDSHOCK British EnglishBrE literary very cold, shocked etc 冷得刺骨/惊得目瞪口呆等

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chilled/frozen/shocked etc to the marrow• Soaked to the skin and chilled to the marrow of her bones, she shivered uncontrollably.• The thought made him flush hot with embarrassment even though chilled to the marrow.• Though chilled to the marrow, Karelius was otherwise not in too bad shape.

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marrow• If it was conditioning it was deep as her bones and marrow.• On May 29, a bone marrow test confirmed the worst.• Other potential side effects of colchicine include bone marrow depression, hepatotoxicity, alopecia, neurologic disturbances, and renal damage.• My bone marrow was harvested a couple of weeks ago and the whole thing was a piece of cake.• Her mentor, Jim Teyechea, pushed Nogales' plight into the national spotlight, before he died of bone marrow cancer.• Radium is readily absorbed into the body where it concentrates in the bone marrow and gives off very damaging alpha particles.

Origin marrow

Old English mearg

mar·row noun

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11814 COCA: 9735

marrow

Vegetable names: acorn squash, artichoke, arugula...

Bones and joints in the body: ankle, backbone, ball-and-socket joint...

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