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cell

/sel/US // sɛl //UK // (sɛl) //

电池,细胞,牢房,手机

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small room, as in a convent or prison.
    • : any of various small compartments or bounded areas forming part of a whole.
    • : a small group acting as a unit within a larger organization: a local cell of the Communist party.
    • : Biology. a usually microscopic structure containing nuclear and cytoplasmic material enclosed by a semipermeable membrane and, in plants, a cell wall; the basic structural unit of all organisms.
    • : Entomology. one of the areas into which the wing of an insect is divided by the veins.
    • : Botany. locule.
    • : Electricity. Also called battery, electric cell, electrochemical cell, galvanic cell, voltaic cell. a device that generates electrical energy from chemical energy, usually consisting of two different conducting substances placed in an electrolyte.Compare dry cell. solar cell.
    • : Also called electrolytic cell. Physical Chemistry. a device for producing electrolysis, consisting essentially of the electrolyte, its container, and the electrodes.
    • : Aeronautics. the gas container of a balloon.
    • : Ecclesiastical. a monastery or nunnery, usually small, dependent on a larger religious house.
    • : Telecommunications. one of the distinct geographical areas covered by a radio transmitter in a cellular phone system.cell phone.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to live in a cell: The two prisoners had celled together for three years.

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Examples

  • It also works offline, so it’s handy even if there is no cell service.

  • Consequently, we who are dominated by a bacterial ecosystem ten times larger than our own body’s cells also belong to the great continuum of life.

  • In theory, that could prompt the formation of not just antibodies but also T cells and specialized forms of immunity in the nasal passage, leading to broader protection.

  • The genetic mutation results in sickle-shaped red blood cells.

  • These types of cells are also specifically targeted by the coronavirus.

  • Joel Osteen wants to talk about muting your cell phone at the dinner table.

  • At that point, the Library of Congress can once again decide to prohibit consumers from unlocking their cell phones.

  • Earlier this year, security at major airports was tightened because of a tip that al-Asiri had been working on a cell phone bomb.

  • At least one of those ubiquitous cell phone cameras began filming.

  • In fact, four of 20 cells at Cobalt were found to have bars across the cell to allow this.

  • In his condemned cell he composed a beautiful poem of 14 verses (“My last Thought”), which was found by his wife and published.

  • Some writers state that each cell contains about one thousand seeds.

  • Any epithelial cell may be so granular from degenerative changes that the nucleus is obscured.

  • The sediment contains a few hyaline and finely granular casts and an occasional red blood-cell.

  • The megaloblast is probably a distinct cell, not merely a larger size of the normoblast.