| 单词 | capsule |
| 释义 | capsule n. 1. a small soluble case of gelatine enclosing a dose of medicine and swallowed with it. 2. a detachable compartment of a spacecraft or nose-cone of a rocket. 3. an enclosing membrane in the body. 4. a a dry fruit that releases its seeds when ripe. b the spore-producing part of mosses and liverworts. 5. Biol. an enveloping layer surrounding certain bacteria. 6. (attrib.) concise; highly condensed (a capsule history of jazz). Derivatives capsular adj. capsulate adj. Etymology: F f. L capsula f. capsa CASE(2) |
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