or‧gan W3 / ɔɡən $ ɔr- / 名词 [可数名词]

1 body part

a) a part of the body, such as the heart or lungs, that has a particular purpose :

the liver, heart, and other internal organs

loss of blood flow to his vital organs

Extra doses of the hormone caused the animals’ reproductive organs to develop sooner than usual.

In Arizona, 480 people are waiting for organ transplants .

dying people who have agreed to be organ donors

b) a penis – used because you want to avoid saying this directly

2 musical instrument

a) ( also pipe organ ) a large musical instrument used especially in churches, with key s like a piano and large pipes that air passes through to produce the sound

b) an electronic musical instrument that produces music similar to a pipe organ, but that does not have pipes :

an electronic organ

3 organization formal an organization that is part of, or works for, a larger organization or group

organ of

The courts are organs of government.

the decision-making organs

4 newspaper/magazine formal a newspaper or magazine which gives information, news etc for an organization or group

organ of

the official organ of the Communist Party

COLLOCATIONS

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + organ

internal organs (= organs inside your body ) She died after suffering serious damage to internal organs.

vital organs (= the most important organs for life, for example the heart and brain ) Luckily, the bullet passed through his body without hitting vital organs.

sexual/reproductive/sex organs the male and female sexual organs

sense/sensory organs (= the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and skin, used to give us information about the world around us ) Our minds function through the brain, nervous system, and sense organs. | As with the other sensory organs, taste is highly developed in babies at birth.

digestive organs (= the stomach, intestines etc, used to digest food ) a disorder of the digestive organs

a donor organ (= an organ from one person’s body that is put or can be put into another person’s body ) There is a chronic shortage of donor organs.

organ + NOUN

an organ transplant (= an operation to put an organ from one person’s body into another person’s body ) Up to 5,000 people are waiting for an organ transplant.

an organ donor (= someone who gives an organ for an organ transplant ) Not all patients who die are suitable as organ donors.