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umbilical cord
UK [ʌm'bɪl.ɪ.kəlˌkɔ:d] US [-ˌkɔ:rd] noun countable usually singular
■the long tube-like structure which connects a baby which has not yet been born to its mother's placenta (= the organ which provides it with food and oxygen) 脐带•He asked the nurse if he could cut his son's umbilical cord.他问护士他是否可以剪掉儿子的脐带。 |