释义 |
cell/sel/n. 1 a small room, esp. in a prison or monastery (尤指牢房或修道院中的)小房间 2 a small compartment, e.g. in a honeycomb 小隔间(如蜂房的巢室) 3 a small group as a nucleus of political activity, esp. of a subversive kind (尤指颠覆性的)小政治派别 4 hist. a small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger one [史义]附属小修道院(或尼姑庵) 5 Biol. 【生】a the structural and functional usu. microscopic unit of an organism, consisting of cytoplasm and a nucleus enclosed in a membrane 细胞 b an enclosed cavity in an organism etc. 生物体小腔 6 Electr. a vessel for containing electrodes within an electrolyte for current-generation or electrolysis 【电】电池 □ celled adj. (also in comb. 亦用于复合词)□ cell-like adj.[Middle English from Old French celle or from Latin cella ‘storeroom, chamber’] |