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cells

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词源

源自拉丁语 'cella',意为小房间或储藏室,后引申为生物细胞和电池等含义。

noun

❶ 细胞,指生物体的基本结构和功能单位,能够独立进行生命活动的最小单位。

“Human body is made up of trillions of cells.”

(人体由数万亿个细胞组成。)

“Plant cells have cell walls that animal cells lack.”

(植物细胞有细胞壁,而动物细胞没有。)

❶ 小房间或小隔间,通常指监狱中的牢房或修道院中的小室。

“The prisoner was kept in a small cell for 23 hours a day.”

(这名囚犯每天被关在一个小牢房里23小时。)

“Monks live in simple cells within the monastery.”

(僧侣们住在修道院内的简朴小室里。)

❶ 电池,指能够产生电能的装置,通常用于电子设备中。

“My phone battery has three cells.”

(我手机电池有三个电芯。)

“Solar cells convert sunlight into electricity.”

(太阳能电池将阳光转化为电能。)

同义词:units, compartments, chambers, batteries

常见短语

cell division — 细胞分裂,指一个细胞分裂成两个或更多子细胞的过程,是生物生长和繁殖的基础。

“Mitosis is the process of cell division that results in two identical daughter cells.”

(有丝分裂是产生两个相同子细胞的细胞分裂过程。)

cell membrane — 细胞膜,指包围细胞并控制物质进出的半透性薄膜结构。

“The cell membrane regulates what enters and exits the cell.”

(细胞膜调节进出细胞的物质。)

cell phone — 移动电话,便携式无线电话设备,通常简称为手机。

“She forgot her cell phone at home this morning.”

(她今天早上把手机忘在家里了。)