islets是什么意思？

islets

• n. 小岛( islet的名词复数 )；

例句

• In the Philippines alone there are more than 7,000 islands and islets. 仅菲律宾群岛就包括大小岛屿七千多个.
• There are about 1.5 million islets is the pancreas. 胰腺里大约有一百五十万个胰岛.
• Insulin, synthesized in the islets of Langerhans, is necessary to metabolize glucose. 胰岛素在朗格汉斯氏岛合成, 是代谢葡萄糖所必需的.
• The river Till strained among some score of willow - covered, marshy islets. 铁尔河蜿蜒在几十个长满了柳树的沼泽小岛之间.
• Inbred mice of the DBA / 2 strain developed severe necrotizing lesions of the pancreatic islets. 近亲繁殖的DBA/2系小白鼠发生了胰岛严重坏孢病变.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  小岛
  An islet is a small island.