hormone

英 [ˈhɔːməʊn]

美 [ˈhɔːrmoʊn]

n.  激素; 荷尔蒙

复数：hormones　

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Collins.2 / BNC.6640 / COCA.4416

牛津词典

noun

• 激素；荷尔蒙
  a chemical substance produced in the body or in a plant that encourages growth or influences how the cells and tissues function; an artificial substance that has similar effects
  1. growth hormones
     生长激素
  2. a hormone imbalance
     激素失调
  3. Oestrogen is a female sex hormone.
     雌激素是一种雌性荷尔蒙。

柯林斯词典

• 激素;荷尔蒙
  Ahormoneis a chemical, usually occurring naturally in your body, that makes an organ of your body do something.

英英释义

noun

• the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
  Synonym:endocrineinternal secretion

双语例句

• The hypoxia and hypercapnia ameliorated after thyroid hormone therapy.
  甲状腺激素替代治疗后可改善低氧和高碳酸血症。
• The hormone estrogen has been proven to protect women from cardio vascular disease and osteoporosis.
  已经证实，雌激素可以保护妇女避免心血管疾病和骨质疏松。
• The key driver of this system is leptin, a hormone secreted by fat cells.
  在这个系统中，主要的推动力是瘦素（leptin），这是脂肪细胞分泌的一种激素。
• To observe the effects of thymosin on reproductive organ exponent and sex hormone levels in young female mice.
  研究了胸腺肽对幼龄雌性小鼠生殖器官指数及性激素水平的影响。
• Hormone secretion is controlled by the pituitary gland.
  荷尔蒙的分泌是由垂体控制的。
• Previous research has linked testosterone, the male sex hormone, to immune system suppression.
  之前的研究已经发现睾酮即男性性腺激素与免疫系统受抑有关。
• Research worldwide has shown that human growth hormone improves the declining levels of other hormones.
  世界范围内的研究显示：人体生长激素改善了其他激素的下降水平。
• Adiponectin regulates luteinizing hormone secretion in the pituitary and energy homeostasis in the hypothalamus.
  脂联素调节垂体分泌促黄体生成激素和下丘脑能量稳态。
• The men also had smaller testicles and lower levels of the male sex hormone testosterone.
  这些男性还可伴有小睾丸及男性性激素睾丸酮水平的降低。
• The toxic effects of diquat and adrenocortical hormone on ductus arteriosus of rat fetus were studied in this paper.
  本文研究了敌草快和肾上腺皮质激素对胎鼠动脉管的收缩作用。