Muscles can atrophy from lack of use.
肌肉会因缺乏使用而萎缩。
Without practice, your language skills may atrophy.
如果不练习，你的语言能力可能会退化。
The astronaut's leg muscles atrophied during months in space.
宇航员在太空待了几个月，腿部肌肉萎缩了。
The small town's economy atrophied after the factory closed.
工厂关闭后，这个小镇的经济逐渐衰退。
Choose the word that is closest in meaning to “atrophy”:
C — diminish. “atrophy” means n. wasting away; decline; deterioration
Without any regular exercise, unused muscles will slowly ______.
D — atrophy. “atrophy” means n. wasting away; decline; deterioration
atrophy — n. wasting away; decline; deterioration. In Chinese: 萎缩.
atrophy is pronounced /ˈætrəfi/. It breaks into 3 syllables: at · ro · phy.
“atrophy” means wasting away; decline; deterioration. Examples: (1) Muscles can atrophy from lack of use. (2) Without practice, your language skills may atrophy. (3) The astronaut's leg muscles atrophied during months in space. (4) The small town's economy atrophied after the factory closed.
(n.) Wasting away, degeneration, (v.) Wither — all close in meaning to atrophy (n. wasting away; decline; deterioration).
Yes. atrophy appears on the iSEE Vocab Upper list, which covers 800+ words for the ISEE and SSAT.
a-(without) + trophy(nutrition) → atrophy, decline.