transplant

transplant — verb

1. to remove a living thing from the place or body where it is growing or located a

1.動詞及物 / 不及物B2
釋義

to remove a living thing from the place or body where it is growing or located and establish it in a new position or body so it can continue living

例句

Nadia's doctors transplanted a healthy kidney into her body within days of finding a donor.

transitive: transplant + [organ] + into + [recipient]

The Tan family transplanted a young cherry tree from the backyard to the front garden.

transplant + [plant] + from...to...

同義詞
  • transfer

    broader — can mean any kind of movement; does not carry the sense of regrowing or healing in a new place

  • relocate

    used for people or organizations moving; less common for plants or organs

  • replant

    specific to plants being put back into soil; narrower than transplant

  • graft

    specifically about attaching living tissue surgically, often onto the same body or plant

反義詞
  • remove

    to take something out without putting it somewhere else

  • extract

    to pull out, often used for organs during donation

文法句型

transplant + noun + from/into/to

transplant + adverb (well/easily)

用法筆記

The subject is usually a person (doctor, gardener) or a team; the object is the thing being moved (organ, plant, tissue). The intransitive form describes how easily something can be moved: 'this shrub transplants well'.

常見錯誤

❌The doctor transferred a kidney into the patient.
✅The doctor transplanted a kidney into the patient.
💡'transfer' means to move generally (like to another hospital); 'transplant' specifically means to put into a new body or growing site.
❌We transplanted the office to a new building.
✅We relocated the office to a new building.
💡'transplant' is used for living things or body parts, not for inanimate objects or organizations in everyday English.

transplant — noun