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urine

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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u·rine /ˈjʊərɪn $ ˈjʊr-/ noun [uncountable]  HBAHBHthe yellow liquid waste that comes out of the body from the bladder 尿
Examples from the Corpus
urineA high urine sodium concentration is a variable but frequent confirmatory finding in this disorder.He was taken off the ventilator, although he still had the tracheostomy and a catheter for his urine.For whatever reason the Act provides that it is his responsibility to make the request, either for blood or urine.In the wastes of the Chaidam basin he is forced to drink his own urine to survive.That is, until something turned up somehow in C.J.'s urine specimen.They went back to natural oestrogen, a cumbersome and expensive product, harvested from the urine of pregnant mares.This circulating urobilinogen is almost completely picked up by the liver with only a small amount excreted in the urine.I blush, my heart pounds, I control my tears, but I feel warm urine run down my legs.
Origin urine (1300-1400) Old French Latin urina
u·rine nounChineseSyllable
that from Corpus yellow the of liquid waste the body out comes


urine
urine /ˈjʊərən, ˈjʊərɪn $ ˈjʊr-/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Old French
 Origin: Latin urina
the yellow liquid waste that comes out of the body from the bladder


urineBrE /ˈjʊərɪn/ 🔊, /ˈjʊəraɪn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈjʊrən/ 🔊 (also informal wee especially in BrE ) noun [uncountable] the waste liquid that collects in the bladder and that you pass from your body 尿;小便