圆规 — meaning in English
yuán guī
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English meaning
- graft noun A piece of living tissue, skin, or plant shoot transplanted onto or into another body or plant to grow there.
- transplant verb To dig up a plant and replant it somewhere else.
Senses
圆规 is used for these senses in English:
- graft (horticulture) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
- pair of compasses A tool for drawing accurate circles or circular arcs, or for measuring or transferring lengths, usually consisting of two arms joined with an adjustable hinge at one end; until the middle ages both arms always had metal points at their free ends (this version is now called a divider or pair of dividers), but in recent centuries for a device called a compass or pair of compasses, one arm typically holds a ruling pen, pencil, or some other implement for making marks.
- transplant (medicine) An operation (procedure) in which tissue or an organ is transplanted: an instance of transplantation.
graft — full definition
- noun A piece of living tissue, skin, or plant shoot transplanted onto or into another body or plant to grow there.
- verb To transplant living tissue or a plant shoot onto another body or plant.
- noun Dishonest profit gained through abuse of power, especially in politics or business.
- noun Hard work, especially informal British usage for effort or labor.
transplant — full definition
- verb To dig up a plant and replant it somewhere else.
- verb In surgery, to move an organ or tissue from one body, or body part, to another.
- noun A surgical procedure, or the organ/tissue moved, in a transplant operation.
- noun Informal: a person who has moved from one place to live in another.