kidney

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

kidneys

1.
An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine.
2.
This organ (of an animal) cooked as food.
3.
(dated, figuratively)Constitution, temperament, nature, type, character, disposition. (usually used of people)
30th June, 1788, Robert Burns, letter to Mr Robert Ainslie Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that kidney, pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on prudence.
4.
(obsolete, slang)A waiter.

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Đồng nghĩa

rein nephros ren

Cùng gốc / liên quan

antikidneykidneyedpseudokidneyxenokidneyartificial kidneyfat-kidneyedfloating kidneyforekidneyhead kidneykidney beankidney beltkidney corpusclekidney daggerkidney diseasekidney dishacute kidney failureacute kidney injurykidney gravelkidney orekidneyless

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English kideney, kydeney, alteration of earlier kidenere (kidney) after ey (egg), of origin and formation. Probably a compound consisting of Middle English *kidde (sack) + Middle English nere (kidney).