vein
[vein]
n. 血, 静脉, 纹, 气质, 情绪

vt. 使脉络, 像脉络般布

[医] 特尔静脉(脑静脉矢状窦吻合)



vein
[ noun ]

1. a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart

<noun.body>
all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood

2. a distinctive style or manner

<noun.communication>
he continued in this vein for several minutes

3. any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ

<noun.plant>

4. a layer of ore between layers of rock

<noun.object>

5. one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect

<noun.animal>

[ verb ]

1. make a veinlike pattern

<verb.creation>

Vein \Vein\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Veined}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Veining}.]
To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins.
--Tennyson.


Vein \Vein\, n. [OE. veine, F. veine, L. vena.]
1. (Anat.) One of the vessels which carry blood, either
venous or arterial, to the heart. See {Artery}, 2.

2. (Bot.) One of the similar branches of the framework of a
leaf.

3. (Zo["o]l.) One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of
insects. See {Venation}.

4. (Geol. or Mining) A narrow mass of rock intersecting other
rocks, and filling inclined or vertical fissures not
corresponding with the stratification; a lode; a dike; --
often limited, in the language of miners, to a mineral
vein or lode, that is, to a vein which contains useful
minerals or ores.

5. A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other
substance. ``Down to the veins of earth.'' --Milton.

Let the glass of the prisms be free from veins.
--Sir I.
Newton.

6. A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood,
and in marble and other stones; variegation.

7. A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a
current; a course.

He can open a vein of true and noble thinking.
--Swift.

8. Peculiar temper or temperament; tendency or turn of mind;
a particular disposition or cast of genius; humor; strain;
quality; also, manner of speech or action; as, a rich vein
of humor; a satirical vein. --Shak.

Certain discoursing wits which are of the same
veins. --Bacon.

Invoke the Muses, and improve my vein. --Waller.