transplant

Compared meaning: to move tissue or an organ into a body (verb).

比较义项：移植组织或器官（动词）。

• transplant 本词

  Used mainly for moving a whole organ (heart, kidney, liver) from a donor to a recipient, or replanting a plant; a major, often life-saving operation, not just attaching tissue to a surface.

  主要用于将整个器官（心脏、肾脏、肝脏）从供体移植到受体，或移栽植物；是重大甚至挽救生命的手术，而不仅仅是把组织贴合到某个表面上。

  Surgeons transplanted the donor's kidney into the patient's body.

  外科医生将供体的肾脏移植到病人体内。

• graft

  Used for attaching a piece of skin, bone or plant tissue onto another surface so it grows and joins there; typically a smaller repair procedure, not a whole-organ operation.

  用于把一小片皮肤、骨骼或植物组织嫁接到另一个表面上使其生长愈合；通常是较小的修复手术，而非整个器官的移植手术。

  The doctor performed a skin graft after the accident.

  事故发生后，医生为他做了皮肤移植手术。

Transplant and graft both mean moving body tissue so it grows in a new place. Transplant means moving a whole organ, like a heart or kidney; it is a major operation. Graft means attaching a small piece of skin or bone so it joins there.

这两个词在“移植组织或器官”这个意义上容易混淆，但侧重不同：transplant 通常指移植整个器官（如心脏、肾脏）或移栽植物，属于重大手术；graft 通常指把一小片皮肤、骨骼或植物组织嫁接到另一个表面上使其愈合生长，规模较小。这里不比较 transplant 表示“（使人）迁移、调任”的用法，也不比较 graft 表示“贪污、以权谋私”的用法。