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granules

/gran-yool/US // ˈgræn yul //UK // (ˈɡrænjuːl) //

颗粒剂,颗粒,颗粒物,粒状物

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a little grain.
    • : a small particle; pellet.
    • : a corpuscle; sporule.

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Examples

  • The balls are made of leather, for easy gripping, and filled with plastic granules to prevent them from bouncing.

  • The zona pellucida, Guraya reported in 1978, is a barrier around the egg made of proteins and carbohydrates, and when one sperm breaches it, cortical granules rearrange themselves to shut out all other sperm.

  • The dish is traditionally made by steaming the granules in a couscousière over a simmering stew until light and fluffy to absorb the stew’s flavors before being served together.

  • It is lobate in form and is divided by lines into areas in each of which a deeply-stained granule is situated.

  • This is an extremely small granule, on the very limit of visibility, the chemical composition of which is not known very well.

  • This granule is the water bottle drained to the last drop, is the nurse's breast emptied of all its contents.

  • With intense dry heat, as in toasting, the granule expands and opens, and the contents change to dextrin.

  • The ovum destined to become a new creature, is originally only a cell with a contained granule.