名詞 lymph:

1. a thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels

1. An unattached body cell, such as a blood or lymph cell.
   活細(xì)胞孤立的身體細(xì)胞，例如血球細(xì)胞、淋巴細(xì)胞
2. Any of several diseases of the blood or lymph vessels.
   管腺病; 淋巴管病一種血管或淋巴管疾病
3. A vessel that conveys lymph.
   輸送淋巴的淋巴管
4. I've got an inflammation of lymph.
   我的淋巴發(fā)炎了。

lymph

n.（名詞）
A clear, watery, sometimes faintly yellowish fluid derived from body tissues that contains white blood cells and circulates throughout the lymphatic system, returning to the venous bloodstream through the thoracic duct. Lymph acts to remove bacteria and certain proteins from the tissues, transport fat from the small intestine, and supply mature lymphocytes to the blood.
淋巴：一種清澈、呈水狀的，有時(shí)微黃的液體，從身體組織中產(chǎn)生，內(nèi)含白血球并在淋巴系統(tǒng)內(nèi)循環(huán)，通過胸導(dǎo)管返回靜脈血中。淋巴的作用是把細(xì)菌和某些蛋白質(zhì)從組織中清除掉，從小腸中輸送脂肪，并為血液提供成熟的淋巴細(xì)胞
Archaic A spring or stream of pure, clear water.
【古語】 水質(zhì)純凈且清澈的泉或溪

來源：
Latin lympha [water]
拉丁語 lympha [水]
from Greek numphô [water spirit]
源自 希臘語 numphô [水神]