喜樂美語
  1. 1膠囊（藥的膠囊）；太空艙（太空船的密閉艙）

    Capsule has a couple of meanings that share one idea: a small, closed container that protects what's inside. (1) It's a small container, often shaped like a tiny pill, that holds medicine — you swallow it whole. (2) It's also the part of a spacecraft where astronauts sit, or the part that carries things into space and comes back down.

From the word’s history

Borrowed from French capsule, from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa 'box'.

源自拉丁文 capsula，是 capsa「盒子」的小稱。

Wiktionary

組成From Latin 'capsula', a small box — related to 'case' (a box or container).

同家族的字

  • case兩個字都跟「裝東西的容器」有關

原始詞典資料15 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

capsulenoun/ˈkæps(ə)l/

  • 1

    medicinephysiologysciencesA membranous envelope.

  • 2

    biologybotanynatural-sciencesA type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.

  • 3

    biologybotanynatural-sciencesA sporangium, especially in bryophytes.

    • The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis, with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in Frullania spp.
  • 4

    anatomymedicinesciencesA tough, fibrous layer surrounding an organ such as the kidney or liver

  • 5

    anatomymedicinesciencesA membrane that surrounds the eyeball

  • 6

    aerospaceastronauticsbusinessA detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.

  • 7

    A small container containing a dose of medicine.

  • 8

    in a brief, condensed or compact form

    • If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred.
另外 5 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    beveragesfoodlifestyleThe covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.

  • 10

    datedchemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesA small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.

  • 11

    A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.

  • 12

    A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.

  • 13

    One of the very small rooms for guests in a capsule hotel.

capsuleverb/ˈkæps(ə)l/

  • 1

    To form (medicine, etc.) into capsules.

  • 2

    To encapsulate or summarize.

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