capsule

Word family adjectivecapsularcapsularycapsulatenouncapsuleverbcapsulize

Related topics: Hospital, Space, Biology, Drugs, medicines

cap·sule /ˈkæpsjuːl $ -səl/ noun [countableC]

MHa plastic container shaped like a very small tube with medicine inside that you swallow whole 〔药物〕胶囊 → tablet

2. a small plastic container with a substance or liquid inside 〔装物或液体的〕小塑料容器

3 TTSthe part of a spacecraft in which people live and work 〔航天器的〕密封舱，太空舱

a space capsule orbiting the Earth

沿地球轨道飞行的太空舱

→ time capsule

Examples from the Corpus

capsule• For small early beets, sow small pots with 2-3 capsules and plant out seedling clusters unthinned.• An opportunistic dealer can make four capsules from one, although it clearly won't make people four times as happy.• Inside the airtight iron capsule, it was a different story.• The stay of Johnson and Boswell at Cawdor manse captures Johnson in a neat capsule.• One capsule of the good stuff can be split into several capsules and mixed with assorted cutting agents.• They took the capsules daily for six months.• Music greeted us when we walked through the old swinging doors, original doors that led to the Delaney time capsule.

Origin capsule

(1600-1700) French Latin capsula, from capsa; → CASE1

单词	capsule
释义	capsule Word family adjectivecapsularcapsularycapsulatenouncapsuleverbcapsulize Related topics: Hospital, Space, Biology, Drugs, medicines cap·sule /ˈkæpsjuːl $ -səl/ noun [countableC] 1. MHa plastic container shaped like a very small tube with medicine inside that you swallow whole 〔药物〕胶囊 → tablet 2. a small plastic container with a substance or liquid inside 〔装物或液体的〕小塑料容器 3 TTSthe part of a spacecraft in which people live and work 〔航天器的〕密封舱，太空舱 a space capsule orbiting the Earth 沿地球轨道飞行的太空舱 → time capsule Examples from the Corpus capsule• For small early beets, sow small pots with 2-3 capsules and plant out seedling clusters unthinned.• An opportunistic dealer can make four capsules from one, although it clearly won't make people four times as happy.• Inside the airtight iron capsule, it was a different story.• The stay of Johnson and Boswell at Cawdor manse captures Johnson in a neat capsule.• One capsule of the good stuff can be split into several capsules and mixed with assorted cutting agents.• They took the capsules daily for six months.• Music greeted us when we walked through the old swinging doors, original doors that led to the Delaney time capsule. Origin capsule (1600-1700) French Latin capsula, from capsa; → CASE1
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