lungs

IPA/lʌŋ/
KK[lˈʌŋz]IPA/lʌŋ/

lungs — 名詞

  • lungssingular
  • lungsesplural

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

1.名詞A2
釋義

肺臟

胸部內負責呼吸的成對器官

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.

Okafor 醫生聽完朴太太的肺部後，說感染正在好轉。

collocation: listen to someone's lungs

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

Yuki 在山丘頂停下來，讓肺部從陡峭的爬坡中恢復過來。

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.