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tissue

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Daily life, Biology
tis·sue /ˈtɪʃuː, -sjuː $ -ʃuː/ ●●● S2 noun  1 paper_tissues.jpg [countable]DHC a piece of soft thin paper, used especially for blowing your nose on 纸巾,面巾纸 a box of tissues 一盒面巾纸2. [uncountable] (also tissue paper)D light thin paper used for wrapping, packing etc 〔包装等用的〕薄纸,绵纸3 [uncountable]HB the material forming animal or plant cells 〔动植物的〕组织lung/brain etc tissue /脑等组织4  See picture of 见图 HUMAN 14. a tissue of lies British EnglishUNTRUE a story or account that is completely untrue 一派谎言
Examples from the Corpus
tissueHis estranged wife, Martha, dabbed at her eyes with a tissue and later hugged jurors in the hallway.Biopsy tissues were fixed in buffered formalin and processed routinely through paraffin wax, ensuring optimal orientation at the embedding stage.Meanwhile, studies published in the Western Journal of Medicine found no evidence linking implants with connective tissue diseases.Femfresh are individually wrapped, mildly fragrant, moist tissues.The stairs were brushed, but pocked with scraps of eggshell and solidified tissues.Changes consisted in the tissue becoming larger or smaller, thicker or thinner, more or less refractive.A day later, the tissue was inserted between stomach muscles, just above the bellybutton, where blood supply is plentiful.The Laboulbeniales are ectoparasites - most of their tissue remains outside the host - and only superficially penetrate into the host.lung/brain etc tissueOver years, the prions relentlessly multiply, clumping together in brain tissue until the damage becomes apparent.Normal lung tissue and that from patients with focal fibrosis expressed very little ET-1.A biopsy of brain tissue detected the presence of toxoplasmosis, which is relatively harmless in people with normally functioning immune systems.So small volumes of lung tissue are exposed to high doses of alpha radiation.But once converted into prions, they turn deadly, destroying the brain tissue.More recently reductions in two other brain peptides, cholecystokinin and somatostatin have also been described in the brain tissue of schizophrenics.To be sure, scientists have created disease by inoculating animals with brain tissue from infected animals.
Origin tissue (1300-1400) Old French tissu fine cloth, from tistre to weave, from Latin texere; → TEXT
tis·sue nounChineseSyllable
thin of a used paper, soft piece Corpus


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tissue
tissue /ˈtɪʃuː, -sjuː $ -ʃuː/ noun
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Old French
 Origin: tissu 'fine cloth', from tistre 'to weave', from Latin texere; text

1. [countable] a piece of soft thin paper, used especially for blowing your nose on:
    a box of tissues
2. [uncountable] (also tissue paper) light thin paper used for wrapping, packing etc
3. [uncountable] the material forming animal or plant cells
    lung/brain etc tissue
4. a tissue of lies British English a story or account that is completely untrue


tis·sueBrE /ˈtɪʃuː/ 🔊, also /ˈtɪsjuː/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtɪʃuː/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (also tissues [plural] ) a collection of cells that form the different parts of humans, animals and plants (人、动植物细胞的)组织muscle/brain/nerve, etc. tissue 肌肉、大脑、神经等组织scar tissue瘢痕组织 [countable] a piece of soft paper that absorbs liquids, used especially as a handkerchief (尤指用作手帕的)纸巾,手巾纸a box of tissues一盒纸巾 (also ˈtissue paper) [uncountable] very thin paper used for wrapping and packing things that break easily (用于包装易碎物品的)薄纸,绵纸a ˌtissue of ˈlies(literary) a story, an excuse, etc. that is full of lies 一派谎言