单词 | cell |
释义 | cell n.   1. a small room, esp. in a prison or monastery.   2. a small compartment, e.g. in a honeycomb.   3. a small group as a nucleus of political activity, esp. of a subversive kind.   4. hist. a small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger one.   5. Biol. a the structural and functional usu. microscopic unit of an organism, consisting of cytoplasm and a nucleus enclosed in a membrane. b an enclosed cavity in an organism etc.   6. Electr. a vessel for containing electrodes within an electrolyte for current-generation or electrolysis. Derivatives celled adj. (also in comb.). Etymology: ME f. OF celle or f. L cella storeroom etc. |
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