cell

Word family adjectivecelledcelliferouscellularcellulatedcelluliferousnouncellularitycellulecellulitecellulitisCelluloidcellulosecellphonecell

Related topics: Biology, Electrical, Insects, Jail & punishment, Telephone, telegraph, Electricity

cell /sel/ S3 W2 noun [countableC] → sell

1 HBbody 身体 the smallest part of a living thing that can exist independently 细胞

blood/brain/nerve cell

red blood cells

红细胞

cancer cells

癌细胞

Embryos grow by cell division (=the splitting of cells).

胚胎通过细胞分裂而成长。

prison 监狱PRISON a small room in a prison or police station where prisoners are kept 〔监狱或警察局里的〕牢房，小囚室

He spent a night in the cells at the local police station.

他在当地警察局的小囚室里过了一晚上。

the walls of his prison cell

他的囚室四壁

► see thesaurus at prison

3 phone 电话 American EnglishAmE a cellular phone; a telephone that you can carry around with you, that works by using a network of radio stations to pass on signals 移动电话，手机 SYN British English mobile

Call me on my cell if you’re running late.

如果你要迟到的话就打我的手机。

4 electric 电的TEE a piece of equipment for producing electricity from chemicals, heat, or light 电池

a car powered by electric fuel cells

以燃料电池为动力的汽车

5 secret group 秘密团体GROUP OF PEOPLE a small group of people who are working secretly as part of a larger political organization 〔政治组织的〕秘密活动小组，分部

a terrorist cell

恐怖分子小组

6. religious 宗教的 a small room in a monastery or convent where someone sleeps 〔修道士或修女住的〕小房间

7 insect/small animal 昆虫/小动物HBI a small space that an insect or other small creature has made to live in or use 〔巢穴中单个的〕巢室

the cells of a honeycomb

蜂巢的蜂房

n COLLOCATIONS

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + cell

a blood/nerve/brain/muscle etc cell

No new brain cells are produced after birth.

a human/animal/plant cell

the structure of plant cells

a red cell (=the most common type of blood cell)

The red cells carry the oxygen.

a white cell (=a type of blood cell that defends your body against disease)

In leukaemia there is an abnormal and excessive formation of white cells.

a living/dead cell

Every living cell has a nucleus.

normal/abnormal

The test enables doctors to detect abnormal cells.

a stem cell (=one that divides and repairs the body, and may be used in medical treatment)

Stem cells may make life-saving treatment possible.

a cancer cell

Already there are many treatments which destroy cancer cells.

verbs

a cell divides

White blood cells divide rapidly.

cell + NOUN

cell division

The embryo grows by cell division.

a cell count (=the number of cells in a particular amount of blood)

A healthy person' s red cell count is close to 1,000.

Examples from the Corpus

cell• These antibodies are produced by the B cells in our lymph glands.• alkaline battery cells• red blood cells• cancer cells• Warren planned to find a communist cell and become a member.• He was tortured severely, stripped and manacled to a concrete cell floor.• Methods for dissociating cells are therefore more drastic and not necessarily compatible with long-term viability.• Thyroglobulin secreted by the epithelial cells, makes up 90 percent of the colloid.• Results Deposits of formazan were found in the colonic epithelium, vascular endothelium, and infiltrating mononuclear cells.• Conditions were poor, and there were several prisoners to one cell.• When a surgeon destroys overactive cells in the globus pallidum, he restores balance to the system, said Grossman.• The prison cells have doors of heavy steel.• Barrett's oesophagus represents a metaplastic transformation of the normal squamous cell epithelium of the lower tubular oesophagus into columnar epithelium.• You find that cells in adjacent parts of the visual cortex are activated by stimulation in adjacent parts of the visual field.

blood/brain/nerve cell• Like cocaine and amphetamine, alcohol directly stimulates certain brain cells.• Research has suggested that for blood cells, this lipid asymmetry may help to maintain the delicate balance between haemostasis and thrombosis.• Now he could no more excise it from his brain cells than he could sever his past from his future.• As the cells proceed from the stem cell to the various mature blood cell types they divide many times.• Healthy proteins, which have not met up with prions, reside quietly in the membranes of nerve cells in the brain.• The red blood cell is finally a small bag containing haemoglobin molecules for transporting oxygen.• They can manufacture a whole host of body parts, from neurons to muscles to blood cells.• Specifically, the protein is crucial for normal chemical functioning at synapses, the junctions where brain cells meet and exchange signals.

prison cell• It had only one room, and one window, which was heavily barred, like a prison cell.• It wasn't like a prison cell, it-was like a maid's room, Eve told herself firmly.• The cell where he was held was, like a prison cell in a spaghetti western, built of mud.• Nadia's winning work in her age-group showed a prison cell with doors thrown open, depicting freedom.• Kaczynski was scheduled to begin seven days of mental tests Saturday in his Dublin prison cell.• More than a dozen activists have locked themselves inside a mock prison cell they put up outside the federal Interior Ministry here.• They are part of a nationwide operation which has cost millions of pounds after the disturbances which destroyed hundreds of prison cells.• They might have sat in the same prison cell as he was sitting in now.

From Longman Business Dictionary

cellcell /sel/ noun [countableC usually singular]

TELECOMMUNICATIONSa cell phone

Origin cell

(1100-1200) Old French celle, from Latin cella “small room”

单词	cell
释义	cell Word family adjectivecelledcelliferouscellularcellulatedcelluliferousnouncellularitycellulecellulitecellulitisCelluloidcellulosecellphonecell Related topics: Biology, Electrical, Insects, Jail & punishment, Telephone, telegraph, Electricity cell /sel/ ●●● S3 W2 noun [countableC] → sell 1 HBbody 身体 the smallest part of a living thing that can exist independently 细胞 blood/brain/nerve cell red blood cells 红细胞 cancer cells 癌细胞 Embryos grow by cell division (=the splitting of cells). 胚胎通过细胞分裂而成长。 2 prison 监狱PRISON a small room in a prison or police station where prisoners are kept 〔监狱或警察局里的〕牢房，小囚室 He spent a night in the cells at the local police station. 他在当地警察局的小囚室里过了一晚上。 the walls of his prison cell 他的囚室四壁 ► see thesaurus at prison 3 phone 电话 American EnglishAmE a cellular phone; a telephone that you can carry around with you, that works by using a network of radio stations to pass on signals 移动电话，手机 SYN British English mobile Call me on my cell if you’re running late. 如果你要迟到的话就打我的手机。 4 electric 电的TEE a piece of equipment for producing electricity from chemicals, heat, or light 电池 a car powered by electric fuel cells 以燃料电池为动力的汽车 5 secret group 秘密团体GROUP OF PEOPLE a small group of people who are working secretly as part of a larger political organization 〔政治组织的〕秘密活动小组，分部 a terrorist cell 恐怖分子小组 6. religious 宗教的 a small room in a monastery or convent where someone sleeps 〔修道士或修女住的〕小房间 7 insect/small animal 昆虫/小动物HBI a small space that an insect or other small creature has made to live in or use 〔巢穴中单个的〕巢室 the cells of a honeycomb 蜂巢的蜂房 n COLLOCATIONS ADJECTIVES/NOUN + cell a blood/nerve/brain/muscle etc cell No new brain cells are produced after birth. a human/animal/plant cell the structure of plant cells a red cell (=the most common type of blood cell) The red cells carry the oxygen. a white cell (=a type of blood cell that defends your body against disease) In leukaemia there is an abnormal and excessive formation of white cells. a living/dead cell Every living cell has a nucleus. normal/abnormal The test enables doctors to detect abnormal cells. a stem cell (=one that divides and repairs the body, and may be used in medical treatment) Stem cells may make life-saving treatment possible. a cancer cell Already there are many treatments which destroy cancer cells. verbs a cell divides White blood cells divide rapidly. cell + NOUN cell division The embryo grows by cell division. a cell count (=the number of cells in a particular amount of blood) A healthy person' s red cell count is close to 1,000. Examples from the Corpus cell• These antibodies are produced by the B cells in our lymph glands.• alkaline battery cells• red blood cells• cancer cells• Warren planned to find a communist cell and become a member.• He was tortured severely, stripped and manacled to a concrete cell floor.• Methods for dissociating cells are therefore more drastic and not necessarily compatible with long-term viability.• Thyroglobulin secreted by the epithelial cells, makes up 90 percent of the colloid.• Results Deposits of formazan were found in the colonic epithelium, vascular endothelium, and infiltrating mononuclear cells.• Conditions were poor, and there were several prisoners to one cell.• When a surgeon destroys overactive cells in the globus pallidum, he restores balance to the system, said Grossman.• The prison cells have doors of heavy steel.• Barrett's oesophagus represents a metaplastic transformation of the normal squamous cell epithelium of the lower tubular oesophagus into columnar epithelium.• You find that cells in adjacent parts of the visual cortex are activated by stimulation in adjacent parts of the visual field. blood/brain/nerve cell• Like cocaine and amphetamine, alcohol directly stimulates certain brain cells.• Research has suggested that for blood cells, this lipid asymmetry may help to maintain the delicate balance between haemostasis and thrombosis.• Now he could no more excise it from his brain cells than he could sever his past from his future.• As the cells proceed from the stem cell to the various mature blood cell types they divide many times.• Healthy proteins, which have not met up with prions, reside quietly in the membranes of nerve cells in the brain.• The red blood cell is finally a small bag containing haemoglobin molecules for transporting oxygen.• They can manufacture a whole host of body parts, from neurons to muscles to blood cells.• Specifically, the protein is crucial for normal chemical functioning at synapses, the junctions where brain cells meet and exchange signals. prison cell• It had only one room, and one window, which was heavily barred, like a prison cell.• It wasn't like a prison cell, it-was like a maid's room, Eve told herself firmly.• The cell where he was held was, like a prison cell in a spaghetti western, built of mud.• Nadia's winning work in her age-group showed a prison cell with doors thrown open, depicting freedom.• Kaczynski was scheduled to begin seven days of mental tests Saturday in his Dublin prison cell.• More than a dozen activists have locked themselves inside a mock prison cell they put up outside the federal Interior Ministry here.• They are part of a nationwide operation which has cost millions of pounds after the disturbances which destroyed hundreds of prison cells.• They might have sat in the same prison cell as he was sitting in now. From Longman Business Dictionary cellcell /sel/ noun [countableC usually singular] TELECOMMUNICATIONSa cell phone Origin cell (1100-1200) Old French celle, from Latin cella “small room”
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