- [uncountable]
the scientific study of the physical structure of humans, animals or plants 解剖学 the department of anatomy and physiology 解剖生理学系
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- animal
- human
- female
- …
- study
- a part of your anatomy
- anatomy and physiology
- [countable, uncountable]
the physical structure of a human, animal or plant （动植物的）结构，解剖 the anatomy of the horse 马的身体构造 human anatomy 人体解剖
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- animal
- human
- female
- …
- study
- a part of your anatomy
- anatomy and physiology
- [countable] (humorous)
a person’s body 人体 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- animal
- human
- female
- …
- study
- a part of your anatomy
- anatomy and physiology
- [countable] (formal)
an examination of what something is like or why it happens 剖析；解析 an anatomy of the current recession 对当前经济衰退的剖析
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French anatomie or late Latin anatomia, from Greek, from ana- ‘up’ + tomia ‘cutting’ (from temnein ‘to cut’).