Globular means shaped like a small ball, or like a tiny round drop. Scientists talk about globular clusters of stars (huge balls of stars) and globular proteins (folded into a roundish shape); a globular lamp looks like a globe.

Globular球狀的 means指的是 shaped like a small ball形狀像顆小球, or like a tiny round drop或像一滴小小的圓形水珠。 Scientists科學家 talk about globular clusters of stars會講到globular clusters（球狀星團）(huge balls of stars是一大團星星聚成的球) and和 globular proteins球狀蛋白質 (folded into a roundish shape摺疊成一種圓滾滾的形狀); a globular lamp一盞globular的燈 looks like a globe看起來就像一顆地球儀。

It is a more formal, scientific cousin of round or ball-shaped. You will meet it in science class more than in chat.

It它 is a more formal, scientific cousin是個比較正式、科學一點的親戚字 of round or ball-shaped相對於round或ball-shaped。 You你 will meet it in science class在科學課上會遇到 more than in chat比在聊天時多。

Though actually, globular keeps a hint of “little ball” (from globule), so it often describes things that are round and rather small or packed, not a huge round planet — for the whole earth we say global, which looks similar but does a completely different job.

Though actually不過其實, globular globular這個字 keeps a hint of “little ball”還帶著一點「小球」的味道 (from globule源自globule) so所以 it它 often describes things常常是用來形容 that are round and rather small or packed又圓又偏小或密實的東西, not a huge round planet而不是一顆巨大的圓形行星 — for the whole earth說到整個地球 we say global我們會說global, which那個字 looks similar看起來很像 but but做的卻是完全不同的事 does a completely different job。