胸腺 — meaning in English

English meaning

• grift noun A scheme for swindling people out of money, usually through trickery rather than force.
• sweetbread noun The pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially a lamb or calf, as food.

Senses

胸腺 is used for these senses in English:

• grift (transitive, US, slang) To obtain illegally, as by con game. [from early 20th c.]
• sweetbread The pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially a lamb or calf, as food.
• thymus (anatomy, immunology) Ellipsis of thymus gland (“A ductless gland, consisting mainly of lymphatic tissue, located behind the top of the breastbone. It is most active during puberty, after which it shrinks in size. It plays an important role in the development of the immune system and produces lymphocytes.”).

grift — full definition

1. noun A scheme for swindling people out of money, usually through trickery rather than force.
2. verb To make money through deception or a con.

sweetbread — full definition

1. noun The pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially a lamb or calf, as food.
2. noun Any of various other glands used as food, including the parotid gland, sublingual glands, ovaries, and testicles.