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lung

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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lung /lʌŋ/ ●●○ noun [countable]  body.jpg HBHHBAone of the two organs in your body that you breathe with  Smoking can cause lung cancer. 吸烟会引起肺癌。 iron lung4  See picture of 见图 HUMAN 15 see picture at 见图 human1
Examples from the Corpus
lungOne of the knife blows had punctured a lung.The emptiness inside him was physical, as if his heart and liver and lungs had been removed.I used to think that just from working here, in this building, I would get black lung.Approximately 90% of deaths from lung cancer and bronchitis are caused by smoking.For similar reasons the presence of severe lung disease and chronic kidney disease is a contraindication to disulfiram administration.If the lung is expanding, the radiation bouncing off it is pushed closer together, slightly raising its frequency.Significant numbers of larvae reach the lungs and migrate to the bronchioles where they are killed by the animal's immune response.
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lung
lung /lʌŋ/ noun [countable]
 Language: Old English

one of the two organs in your body that you breathe with:
    Smoking can cause lung cancer.iron lung


🔑 lungBrE /lʌŋ/ 🔊NAmE /lʌŋ/ 🔊 noun
either of the two organs in the chest that you use for breathing lung cancer肺癌