- [countable]
a piece of soft paper, used especially as a handkerchief （尤指用作手帕的）紙巾，手巾紙 a box of tissues 一盒紙巾 He wiped his nose on a tissue. 他用紙巾擦了鼻子。 She grabbed a wad of tissues from the box and soaked up the spilt wine. 她從盒子裏抽出一沓紙巾把濺出的酒吸乾。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- paper
- toilet
- box
- pack
- package
- …
- use
- take
- on a/the tissue
- with a/the tissue
- [uncountable] (also tissues [plural])
a collection of cells that form the different parts of humans, animals and plants （人、動植物細胞的）組織 muscle/brain/lung tissue 肌肉/大腦/肺組織 scar tissue 瘢痕組織
Extra ExamplesTopics Bodyc1, Biologyc1Dyes were extracted by boiling the plant tissue. 用煮的方法從植物組織中提取染料。 She treats skin and soft tissue injuries in casualty. 她在急診室處理皮膚和軟組織傷。 Vitamin C helps maintain healthy connective tissue. 維生素 C 有助於維持健康的結締組織。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- living
- healthy
- normal
- …
- damage
- remove
- (also tissue paper)[uncountable]
very thin paper used for wrapping and packing things that break easily （用於包裝易碎物品的）薄紙，綿紙
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French tissu ‘woven’, past participle of tistre, from Latin texere ‘to weave’. The word originally denoted a rich material, often interwoven with gold or silver threads, later (mid 16th cent.) any woven fabric, hence the sense of ‘intricacy’.
Idioms
a tissue of lies
- (literary)
a story, an excuse, etc. that is full of lies 一派謊言