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    spleen

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Human
    spleen /spliːn/ noun  1. [countable]HBH an organ near your stomach that controls the quality of your blood 脾脏2  [uncountable] formalANGRY anger, especially unreasonable or unfair anger 〔尤指不合情理的〕怒气，愤怒 Obviously you’re annoyed, but that doesn’t give you the right to vent your spleen on me (=get angry with me). 很显然你心里不痛快，但你也不该把怒气发泄在我身上呀。
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    spleen• Bernie Nichols of the Chicago Blackhawks recently returned from a spleen injury.• He was taken to Leeds General Infirmary with broken ribs and a damaged spleen.• An example of this is the young man with the enlarged spleen whose story was told in Chapter 1.• Pray heaven Araminta was not going to vent her spleen again!• We pour another glass and vent our spleen on drug barons and dope fiends.• These pits represent cellular debris normal removed by the spleen.• There's evidence of splenomegaly, enlargement of the spleen, and of the liver.vent ... spleen• We pour another glass and vent our spleen on drug barons and dope fiends.• Nell McCafferty, Bernadette Devlin and other notables vented their feminist spleen at an appreciative audience.• Pray heaven Araminta was not going to vent her spleen again!• Or perhaps it would simply be an opportunity to vent their spleen.• I feel much better now I've vented my spleen on this subject.    Origin spleen (1200-1300) Old French esplen, from Latin splen, from Greek
    spleen nounChinese
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    spleen
    spleen /spliːn/ noun
     Date: 1200-1300
     Language: Old French
     Origin: esplen, from Latin splen, from Greek
    1. [countable] an organ near your stomach that controls the quality of your blood
    2. [uncountable] formal anger, especially unreasonable or unfair anger:
        Obviously you’re annoyed, but that doesn’t give you the right to vent your spleen on me (=get angry with me).
         
    THESAURUS
       ▪ anger a strong emotion that you feel because someone has behaved badly or because a situation seems bad or unfair: Andrea still feels a lot of anger towards her mom, who left when she was a little girl. | I’ve said some things in anger that have almost cost me my marriage.
       ▪ annoyance slight anger or impatience: He expressed annoyance at the way his comments had been misinterpreted. | The meetings were held in secret, much to the annoyance of some members of Congress.
       ▪ irritation a feeling of being annoyed and impatient, especially because something keeps happening or someone keeps saying something: He could not hide his irritation at her persistent questioning. | Unwanted sales calls are a source of irritation for many people.
       ▪ frustration a feeling of being annoyed, especially because you cannot do what you want or because you cannot change or control a situation: You can imagine my frustration when I found out that the next bus didn’t leave till 4 hours later. | There is a growing sense of frustration over the situation in Burma. | The government has expressed frustration at the slow legal process.
       ▪ exasperation a feeling of being very annoyed because you cannot control a situation, learn to do something, or understand something, even though you are trying very hard: Isaac sighed in exasperation. | Exasperation at the team’s lack of success was evident among the fans.
       ▪ resentment anger because you think you are being treated badly or unfairly: The sudden increase in the numbers of immigrants has caused resentment among local people.
       ▪ indignation anger and surprise about an unfair situation: His voice sounded full of indignation. | The scandal caused righteous indignation among opposition politicians.
       ▪ ill/bad feeling anger between two people because of something that has happened: I had no ill feeling towards him.
       ▪ rancour British English, rancor American English formal a feeling of anger and hatred towards someone who you cannot forgive because they harmed you in the past: Even though he had lost the court case, he had shown no rancour.
       ▪ spleen formal anger, especially anger that is unreasonable: He vented his spleen (=said why he was angry)against the airline in an article in the Times.


    spleenBrE /spliːn/ 🔊NAmE /spliːn/ 🔊 noun
     [countable] a small organ near the stomach that controls the quality of the blood cells 脾◆a ruptured spleen破裂的脾     [uncountable] (literary) anger 愤怒；怒气◆He vented his spleen (= shouted in an angry way) on the assembled crowd. 他把怒气撒在了聚集的人群身上。🔊🔊  ➡  see also splenetic