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 nerve [nɚv]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 精神, 勇气, 叶脉, 神经

vt. 鼓起勇气

[医] 神经




    nerve
    [ noun ]
    1. any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body

    2. <noun.body>
    3. the courage to carry on

    4. <noun.attribute>
      he kept fighting on pure spunk
      you haven't got the heart for baseball
    5. impudent aggressiveness

    6. <noun.attribute>
      I couldn't believe her boldness
      he had the effrontery to question my honesty
    [ verb ]
    1. get ready for something difficult or unpleasant

    2. <verb.emotion> steel


    Nerve \Nerve\ (n[~e]rv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nerved}
    (n[~e]rvs); p. pr. & vb. n. {Nerving}.]
    To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as, fear
    nerved his arm.

    nerve \nerve\ (n[~e]rv), n. [OE. nerfe, F. nerf, L. nervus, akin
    to Gr. ney^ron sinew, nerve; cf. neyra` string, bowstring;
    perh. akin to E. needle. Cf. {Neuralgia}.]
    1. (Anat.) One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers,
    with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous
    impulses between nerve centers and various parts of the
    animal body.

    Note: An ordinary nerve is made up of several bundles of
    nerve fibers, each bundle inclosed in a special sheath
    (the perineurium) and all bound together in a
    connective tissue sheath and framework (the epineurium)
    containing blood vessels and lymphatics.

    2. A sinew or a tendon. --Pope.

    3. Physical force or steadiness; muscular power and control;
    constitutional vigor.

    he led me on to mightiest deeds,
    Above the nerve of mortal arm. --Milton.

    4. Steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command in personal
    danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and
    endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution.

    5. Audacity; assurance. [Slang]

    6. (Bot.) One of the principal fibrovascular bundles or ribs
    of a leaf, especially when these extend straight from the
    base or the midrib of the leaf.

    7. (Zo["o]l.) One of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of
    insects.

    {Nerve cell} (Anat.), a neuron, one of the nucleated cells
    with which nerve fibers are connected; a {ganglion cell}
    is one type of nerve cell.

    {Nerve fiber} (Anat.), one of the fibers of which nerves are
    made up. These fibers are either {medullated} or
    {nonmedullated}. In both kinds the essential part is the
    translucent threadlike axis cylinder which is continuous
    the whole length of the fiber.

    {Nerve stretching} (Med.), the operation of stretching a
    nerve in order to remedy diseases such as tetanus, which
    are supposed to be influenced by the condition of the
    nerve or its connections.

    1. The question from Jessica Lee of USA Today about the handsome teen-ager Bush calls his "pride and joy" struck a nerve in what was otherwise an unflappable performance by the early-rising president.
    2. The company should be applauded for its nerve.
    3. "We'll let you gamble there as high as you've got the nerve," Wynn promised.
    4. When a boss flirts, "it clearly touches a nerve with many women.
    5. The findings conflicted with unequivocal statements from a Georgian commission and top Georgian officials that a chemical used when Soviet troops charged pro-independence protesters on April 9 caused nerve damage and several deaths.
    6. A team that visited Iran and Iraq last month found that Iraq is continuing to use mustard and nerve gas "on an intensive scale" despite frequent pleas that it stop.
    7. In addition, the government cancelled the regular Wednesday auction of bills nine times in the past three months in an attempt to make the banks take longer-term paper. Sticking to this policy has required some nerve.
    8. When the chairman of Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. flew into town a few months ago in the corporate jet, a small group of trainmen here knew they had struck a raw nerve.
    9. These include inflammation of the pancreas, found in 17% of adults, and peripheral nerve damage, in 22%.
    10. For more than 14 months, the United States has accused Libya of using the plant to make chemical weapons, including mustard and nerve gases.
    11. I have stood there at the height of a sedge hatch on a June night and lost my head and my nerve utterly at the sight of a surface boiling with feeding trout. There, too, I suffered an early, indelible trauma.
    12. "The first 250 million hits the bone and will cause real pain," Dukakis said. "The balance hits raw nerve and will be devastating to people, to families and to communities.
    13. However Roche says the caution is necessary due to DDC's past history of toxicity -- a painful neuropathy or nerve damage to the feet.
    14. Upjohn Co. said it signed a research agreement with a Swedish university to discover new treatments for nerve disorders.
    15. Through January, auto makers and other manufacturers kept to modest but steady spending plans despite the recession. But they began to lose nerve early this year, and have been retrenching ever since.
    16. He hits a nerve describing tenderfooted efforts by the U.S. free trade caucus to convert official Japan to its way of thinking.
    17. Though U.S. intelligence says there is no conclusive evidence, United Nations investigating teams that made five trips to the war front suspect Iraq of using nerve gas there.
    18. It is believed to have been the last time Iraqi forces made use of their nerve weapons. Dr Pearson said he hoped the findings would deter states from thinking they could get away with chemical warfare without leaving evidence.
    19. But Mr Clarke has been annointed heir apparent, should the Conservative party fail to recover its collective nerve.
    20. He said Libya was the only Arab country that had provided the Somali government with some arms, tanks, ammunition and nerve gas.
    21. Studies also have found that GM-1 appears to stimulate growth factors that can spur new nerve cells to sprout in areas where some have died, and, even revive nerve cells functioning poorly.
    22. Studies also have found that GM-1 appears to stimulate growth factors that can spur new nerve cells to sprout in areas where some have died, and, even revive nerve cells functioning poorly.
    23. Yet Sen. Metzenbaum has the colossal nerve to say that "this legislation will help workers give the competitive edge back to America."
    24. The work being done here is some of the most sophisticated and astonishing research in the field of nerve and brain cell chemistry.
    25. UN inspectors charged with ridding Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction have already destroyed about 8,000 unfilled chemical munitions and blown up leaking rockets containing 2.5 tonnes of nerve agents.
    26. Taken with the decision to delay opening of the second phase and doubts about whether or not there will be profits in the current year, this certainly suggests the sceptics have a point. That said, those who have held their nerve so far should sit it out.
    27. But with the exception of Sen. Sam Nunn and a few others, most lawmakers, Democrats and Republicans alike, lack the nerve to oppose the president.
    28. In Huntington's disease, as nerve cells in the brain die, patients experience involuntary spasms of the face and body, slurred speech and trouble walking.
    29. The Grand Rapids woman testified she lacked the nerve to kill any patients, though she acted as a lookout while Graham suffocated them with washcloths.
    30. The paper said investigators think that once a hole was blown in the side of the jet and the electronics bay _ its nerve center _ destroyed, the air pressure at the high altitude literally ripped the jet apart.
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