testosterone
/tɛˈstɒ.stə.rəʊn//tɛˈstɑ.stəˌroʊn/
- n.
- 睾丸激素
中文释义来自 ECDICT
构词拆解
- -o-
- A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words or combining forms of Ancient Greek or Classical Latin origin in the classical compounds of New Latin and international scientific vocabulary, but it can also be used to join modern terms and even abbreviations, either formally or informally.
- -sterone
- (biochemistry, steroids) Steroid hormone. · (pharmacology) Used to form names of androgens/
词源说明
释义
名词noun
- 1(biochemistry, steroids) A steroid hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, produced mainly in the testes, but also in the ovaries and adrenal cortex.
- 2figurativelyManly behavior, often of an aggressive or foolishly reckless