🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

组织

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zǔ zhī

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tissue/ˈtɪʃ.uː/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1450 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这种植物组织在显微镜下清晰可见。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Any of the distinct types of material of which animals or plants are made, consisting of specialized cells and their products.

    "Muscle tissue is composed of cells that can contract."
  2. 2

    A soft, thin, disposable paper product used for wiping or blowing the nose.

    "She pulled a tissue from the box to wipe away her tears."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old French tissue, meaning 'woven cloth', past participle of tistre 'to weave', from Latin texere. Over centuries, the biological sense evolved in the 17th century to describe the web-like microscopic fabric of organs, while the paper sense emerged in the 20th century.

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