| 单词 | molecular |
| 释义 | molecular (once / 2829 pages) adj Use the adjective molecular to describe something that has to do with or is made up of molecules. If you're studying molecular biology, you're focusing on the molecules that make up living things. When a scientist studies things on a molecular level, she's looking at them up close, examining their cells. The adjective molecular comes up most often in biology and chemistry, and it always describes the very smallest units that make up organisms or elements. Molecular comes from the noun molecule, which means "extremely minute particle," from the Latin molecula, "tiny mass." WORD FAMILYmolecular: bimolecular, intermolecular, intramolecular, molecularly+/intramolecular: intramolecularly/molecule: molecular, molecules, supermolecule USAGE EXAMPLESBut among the runners, the molecular blockade was much less effective. New York Times(Jun 15, 2016) Climate science is rooted in physics and chemistry—weather is energy, and the atmosphere is a stew of molecular interactions. Slate(Dec 27, 2016) She returned to teaching after her resignation and led an undergraduate course for the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology last spring. Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) 1adj relating to or produced by or consisting of molecules molecular structure molecular oxygen molecular weight is the sum of all the atoms in a molecule 2adj relating to simple or elementary organization "proceed by more and more detailed analysis to the molecular facts of perception"--G.A. Miller Ant molar pertaining to large units of behavior |
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