melanin

英式音标：[ˈmelənɪn]

美式音标：[ˈmɛlənɪn]

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概况：

n. 黑色素

n. (Melanin)人名；(俄)梅拉宁

词义：

n.

黑色素；

英英释义

melanin[ 'melənin ]

n.insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers

用法：

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

Freckles are caused by the sediment of melanin.
色斑的形成是因为黑色素沉积。

Melanin darkens the skin and is the cause of suntan.
黑色素使皮肤变黑是人被晒黑的原因。

权威例句

Melanin Pigmentation in Mammalian Skin and Its Hormonal Regulation

Mice lacking melanin-concentrating hormone are hypophagic and lean.

A role for melanin-concentrating hormone in the central regulation of feeding behaviour.

Experimental Melanin-Induced Uveitis: Experimental Model of Human Acute Anterior Uveitis

Melanin-concentrating hormone overexpression in transgenic mice leads to obesity and insulin resistance.

Melanin-concentrating hormone 1 receptor-deficient mice are lean, hyperactive, and hyperphagic and have altered metabolism.

In Vivo Confocal Scanning Laser Microscopy of Human Skin: Melanin Provides Strong Contrast

Antidepressant, anxiolytic and anorectic effects of a melanin-concentrating hormone-1 receptor antagonist

Generalized intestinal polyposis and melanin spots of the oral mucosa, lips and digits; a syndrome of diagnostic significance

Significance of a basal melanin layer to production of non-iridescent structural plumage color: evidence from an amelanotic Steller'...

英语词源：

melanin (n.)

dark brown or black pigment found in animal bodies, 1832, Modern Latin, with chemical suffix -in (2); first element from Greek melas (genitive melanos) "black," from PIE root *mel- (2) "of darkish color" (cognates: Sanskrit malinah "dirty, stained, black," Lithuanian melynas "blue," Latin mulleus "reddish"). Related: Melanism; melanistic.

造句：

1. disorders of melanin pigmentation

黑素代谢异常

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2. "Albinism: ABsence of the pigment melanin in the eyes, skin, hair, scales, or feathers."

白化病: 指双眼、皮肤、毛发、鳞片、羽毛等缺乏黑色素的情况。

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3. Melanoma: Dark-coloured malignant tumour of skin cells that produce the protective skin-darkening pigment melanin.

黑素瘤:一种从黑素色素皮肤细胞产生的黑色肿瘤。

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4. a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin).

黑色素在皮肤上的异常堆积。

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5. A pigment cell that contains melanin, especially as found in the skin of amphibians and reptiles.

黑素细胞含有黑色素的色素细胞，尤指两栖动物或者爬行动物皮肤中的黑色素细胞

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6. A substance, such as chlorophyll or melanin, that produces a characteristic color in plant or animal tissue.

色素在植物或动物组织中产生一种特定颜色的物质，如叶绿素或黑色素

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7. Dark coloration of the skin, hair, fur, or feathers because of a high concentration of melanin.

黑色素沉着病头发、皮肤、毛皮或羽毛因黑色素沉积而变黑

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8. Of or related to melanin; black-pigmented.

黑色素的黑色素的，有关黑色素的；含有黑色色素的

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9. Pigment cells in the skin increase melanin production ("tan"). Cold compresses and analgesics reduce pain.

由表皮黑素细胞产生的黑素增加了皮肤上的黑斑。应用冷敷并服用止痛药能舒解某些晒伤的疼痛。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 生命

10. Freckles are simply concentrations of melanin.

雀斑不过是高浓度的黑色素。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句