lungs

IPA/lʌŋ/
KK[lˈʌŋz]IPA/lʌŋ/

lungs — noun

  • lungssingular
  • lungsesplural

1. the two organs inside your chest that allow you to breathe, taking oxygen into y

1.名詞A2
釋義

the two organs inside your chest that allow you to breathe, taking oxygen into your blood and removing carbon dioxide from your body

例句

Dr. Okafor listened to Mrs. Park's lungs and said the infection was clearing up.

collocation: listen to someone's lungs

Yuki paused at the top of the hill to let her lungs recover from the steep climb.

lungs + recover from exertion

文法句型

in / into the lungs

left / right lung

lungs + verb (expand / fill / burn / recover)

用法筆記

Usually used in the plural form 'lungs' because the two organs function as a pair. The singular 'lung' is used when referring to one of them specifically (e.g., 'a collapsed lung', 'the left lung').

常見錯誤

❌My lung hurts when I breathe deeply.
✅My lungs hurt when I breathe deeply.
💡In everyday English, people usually refer to the pair of organs, so the plural form is more natural unless a doctor is examining one specific lung.