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• adrenalin

語源

From adrenal +‎ -ine, coined by Japanese chemist Takamine Jōkichi in 1901.

発音

• IPA: /əˈdɹɛnəlɪn/

名詞

adrenaline (usually uncountable, plural adrenalines)

1. (biochemistry) Epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter.
2. Excitement; thrills.

   Some people bungee jump to feel alive through the surge of adrenaline.

   • 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 361:

     May be it's not as heavy as he thought, or may be he's on adrenaline overdrive.

   • 2017, Dave Atcheson, Dead Reckoning, →ISBN:

     Despite the crisis, the adrenaline that must have been feeding his own alarm, Tim managed to maintain his control and spoke in a subdued tone, assuring the tenderman and all of us that things would be okay.

派生語

派生した語

• → Catalan: adrenalina
• → Dutch: adrenaline
• → French: adrénaline
• → Spanish: adrenalina
• → Swahili: adrenalini