lobe

lóbulo

Una de las partes claramente diferenciadas de un órgano, como el cerebro, el hígado o el pulmón.

En inglés sencillo: One of the clearly separate sections of an organ, such as the brain, liver, or lung.

• The brain has several lobes.
• The surgeon removed one lobe of her lung.
• Damage to the frontal lobe can change behavior.

Cómo se usa: a lobe of something (The scan showed damage to one lobe of the lung.)

Expresiones frecuentes: frontal lobe, lobe of something, temporal lobe

lóbulo

Parte redondeada que sobresale de algo mayor o forma una de sus divisiones.

En inglés sencillo: A rounded part that sticks out from, or forms a division of, something larger.

• The leaf has three lobes.
• A lobe of lava spread down the slope.
• Each rounded lobe forms part of the larger shape.

Sinónimos: projection

Expresiones frecuentes: rounded lobe, lobe of lava, leaf lobe

lóbulo

Figura de medio círculo que un patinador traza sobre el hielo.

En inglés sencillo: A half-circle shape traced on the ice by a skater.

• The skater traced a lobe on the ice.
• Each lobe should have a smooth curve.
• Her blade left two neat lobes behind her.

Expresiones frecuentes: skating lobe, trace a lobe, curved lobe