lung
part of speech
noun (a lung, lungs)
meaning for a pupil
The lungs are the two organs inside your chest that you breathe with; they take oxygen from the air into your blood and let carbon dioxide out. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science lessons on the body, air goes down the windpipe into the lungs; the lungs are protected by the ribs; the diaphragm muscle helps them fill and empty. Exercise makes lungs work harder; smoking and smoke damage them. In safety, in a fire smoke is dangerous to lungs, so stay low. Phrases: «at the top of your lungs» (very loudly), «lung capacity».
examples
- We have two lungs in our chest. tree →
- Your lungs fill with air when you breathe in. tree →
- The ribs protect the heart and lungs. tree →
- Smoking harms your lungs. tree →
- Running makes your lungs work hard. tree →
- Fish use gills instead of lungs. tree →
- She shouted at the top of her lungs. tree →
- Smoke from fires is bad for the lungs. tree →
- This resulted in inflammation of the lungs, which rapidly increased. tree →
note
Countable: one lung, two lungs. Adjective: «pulmonary» (doctors' word). Myth: lungs do not make oxygen; they take it from the air. Fish have gills, whales and dolphins have lungs and must come up for air.
In the corpora
- Many bird bones are hollow, with thin crossing struts, and some are filled with air connected to the lungs.
- Every cell in your body needs oxygen from the air, and your lungs are where the air and the blood meet.
- The left lung is a little smaller than the right to make room for the heart.
- The nose warms and moistens air, and its hairs and sticky mucus catch dust and germs before they reach the lungs.
- An earthworm has no eyes and no lungs; it breathes through its moist skin and can sense light with its skin.
Trees and pragmatics
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