filament
/ˈfɪləmənt/noun
1- a slender thread-like object or fibre, especially one found in animal or plant structures（尤指动植物构造中的）丝：
each myosin filament is usually surrounded by 12 actin filaments.
每根肌球蛋白丝通常都围有12根肌动蛋白丝。
1.1
- a conducting wire or thread with a high melting point, forming part of an electric bulb or thermionic valve and heated or made incandescent by an electric current（电灯泡的）灯丝; （热离子管的）丝极。
1.2
- Botany the slender part of a stamen that supports the anther【植】（支承花药的雄蕊的）花丝。
1.3
- Astronomy a narrow streamer from the sun's chromosphere or in its corona【天文】（太阳色球层或日冕中的）暗条。
派生词
filamentary
adjectivefilamented
adjectivefilamentous
adjective词源
late 16th cent.: from French, or from modern Latin filamentum, from late Latin filare 'to spin', from Latin filum 'thread'.