liver

noun · adjectiveA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

livers

1.
(countable, uncountable)(anatomy) A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.
Steve Jobs is a famous liver transplant recipient.
2.
(countable, uncountable)This organ, as taken from animals used as food.
I'd like some goose liver pate.
You could fry up some chicken livers for a tasty treat. — Nah, I don't like chicken liver.
3.
(countable, uncountable)A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.
4.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)(obsolete chemistry) Any of various chemical compounds—particularly sulfides—thought to resemble livers in color.
He gave his horse some liver of antimony.
5.
(uncommon)Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable)Of the colour of liver (dark brown, tinted with red and gray).
2.
(comparative, form of)comparative form of live: more live
Seeing things on a big screen somehow makes them seem liver.

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English lyvere, lyver, from Old English lifer (liver), from *libru, from Proto-Germanic *librō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (to smear, smudge, stick), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (to be slimy, be sticky, glide). Cognate with Líeuwer, Lieuwer (liver),Leber, lever, livur, lifur. Related to live.