cells

英 [sɛlz]

美 [sɛlz]

n.  单间牢房; 牢房; (修道士或修女住的)小房间; 细胞
cell的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 细胞
  Acellis the smallest part of an animal or plant that is able to function independently. Every animal or plant is made up of millions of cells.
  1. Those cells divide and give many other different types of cells.
     那些细胞分裂，产生出许多不同种类的细胞。
  2. ...blood cells...
     血细胞
  3. Soap destroys the cell walls of bacteria.
     肥皂破坏细菌的细胞壁。
• 单人牢房；(修道院的)单人小室
  Acellis a small room in which a prisoner is locked. Acellis also a small room in which a monk or nun lives.
• N-COUNT (大型组织中的)基层组织
  You can refer to a small group of people within a larger organization as acell.
  1. ...Communist Party cells.
     共产党的基层组织

双语例句

• Nerve cells, after all, do not have intelligence of their own.
  毕竟，神经细胞自身并没有智力。
• The two men broke out of their cells and cut through a perimeter fence.
  这两个人逃出牢房，并越过了围墙。
• This will mean more remand prisoners being held in police cells
  这将意味着更多候审犯人会被拘押在警局拘留室。
• Geneticists in Canada have discovered a clue to the puzzle of why our cells get old and die
  加拿大的遗传学家已经发现了解开细胞衰老、死亡之谜的线索。
• Increasing gravity is known to speed up the multiplication of cells.
  我们知道不断增加的引力会加速细胞的分裂。
• This transistor radio has four small cells.
  这台半导体收音机用4节小电池。
• As they shorten, cells become more prone to disease and death.
  细胞变小后就会更容易感染疾病，也更容易死亡。
• Lung cells die and are replaced about once a week
  肺细胞约每周新老更替一次。
• Each of these cells have their specific jobs to do, but they also interrelate with each other.
  这些细胞都有各自的具体分工，但它们也相互联系。
• Nerve cells have limited ability to regenerate if destroyed
  如果受到损伤，神经细胞再造的能力有限。