dark brown or black pigment found in animal bodies, 1832, Modern Latin, with chemical suffix -in (2); first element from Greek melas (genitive melanos) "black," from PIE root *mel- (2) "of darkish color" (cognates: Sanskrit malinah "dirty, stained, black," Lithuanian melynas "blue," Latin mulleus "reddish"). Related: Melanism; melanistic.
实用例句
1. The production of melanin in the skin is stimulated by exposure to the sun.
皮肤暴露在阳光下就很容易生成黑色素。
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2. Freckles are simply concentrations of melanin.
雀斑不过是高浓度的黑色素.
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3. Promote the blood circulation, and accelerate the melanin's decomposition and absorption.
促进血液循环, 加速黑色素的分解与吸收.
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4. The melanin plays an important role on animal body color formation.
黑色素对动物体色的形成起重要的作用.
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5. Therefore melanin metrocyte when not ultraviolet radiation, still mass production melanin.