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capsule/ˈkæpsju:l, -sjʊl/n. 1 a small soluble case of gelatin enclosing a dose of medicine and swallowed with it (药用)胶囊 2 a detachable compartment of a spacecraft or nose-cone of a rocket (宇宙飞船或火箭的)航天舱，太空舱 3 an enclosing membrane in the body (人体内的)囊，被膜 4 a top or cover for a bottle, esp. the foil or plastic covering the cork of a wine bottle (覆盖在软木塞外面的金属或塑料)瓶盖 5a a dry fruit that releases its seeds when ripe 荚膜，蒴果 b the spore-producing part of mosses and liverworts 孢蒴(苔藓和叶苔产生孢子的部分) 6 Biol. an enveloping layer surrounding certain bacteria 【生】(某些细菌的)包膜 7 (作 attrib.) concise; highly condensed 概要的；简略的 a capsule history of jazz 爵士乐简史 □ capsular adj.□ capsulate adj.[French from Latin capsula, from capsa CASE2] |