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    secrete

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    se·crete /sɪˈkriːt/ verb [transitive]  1  HBif a part of an animal or plant secretes a liquid substance, it produces it 〔动物或植物的某一部分〕分泌〔某物质〕 The toad’s skin secretes a deadly poison. 蟾蜍的皮肤会分泌一种致命毒素。2  formalHIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEE to hide something 隐藏，藏匿 The money had been secreted in a Swiss bank account. 这笔钱藏匿在一个瑞士银行账户里。    → See Verb table
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    secrete• They had secreted $120 million in a Swiss bank account.• It secretes a new, soft wrinkled skin beneath the shell.• T3 and T4 are then secreted by the cells into the blood. 355.• The urinary bladder in both sexes acts as a half way house or store for the urine secreted by the kidneys.• No one knew where the old woman had secreted her jewels.• He showed me the coin briefly and then secreted it in some dark corner of his house.    Origin secrete 1. (1700-1800) secretion2. (1700-1800) → SECRET1
    se·crete verbChineseSyllable
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    secrete
    se‧crete /sɪˈkriːt/ verb [transitive]
     Word Family: noun: secrecy, secret, secretiveness; adverb: secretly, secretively; adjective: secret, secretive; verb: secrete
     Sense 1
     Date: 1700-1800
     Origin: secretion
     Sense 2
     Date: 1700-1800
     Origin: ⇨ secret1
    1. if a part of an animal or plant secretes a liquid substance, it produces it:
        The toad’s skin secretes a deadly poison.
    2. formal to hide something:
        The money had been secreted in a Swiss bank account.


    se·creteBrE /sɪˈkriːt/ 🔊NAmE /sɪˈkriːt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they secrete BrE /sɪˈkriːt/ 🔊 NAmE /sɪˈkriːt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it secretes BrE /sɪˈkriːts/ 🔊 NAmE /sɪˈkriːts/ 🔊past simple secreted BrE /sɪˈkriːtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /sɪˈkriːtɪd/ 🔊past participle secreted BrE /sɪˈkriːtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /sɪˈkriːtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form secreting BrE /sɪˈkriːtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /sɪˈkriːtɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (of part of the body or a plant 身体或植物器官) to produce a liquid substance 分泌◆Insulin is secreted by the pancreas. 胰岛素是胰腺分泌的。🔊🔊~ sth (in sth) (formal) to hide sth, especially sth small 隐藏，藏匿（小物件）◆The drugs were secreted in the lining of his case. 毒品藏在他的皮箱内衬中。🔊🔊