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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

particle ['pɒːtɪkl]
  1. 1. noun [of dust] [ metal] 微粒
  2. 2. noun [of food] 小粒

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

particle [ˈpɑːrtɪkl]
  1. 1. n.[c] 微粒极小之物;微量,极少量
  2. 2. n.[c] [Physics] 粒子
  3. 3. n.[c] [Linguistics] 小品词

Collins English-English Dictionary

particle ['pɒːtɪkəl]
  1. 1. n an extremely small piece of matter; speck
  2. 2. n a very tiny amount; iota
    it doesn't make a particle of difference
  3. 3. n a function word, esp (in certain languages) a word belonging to an uninflected class having suprasegmental or grammatical function
    the Greek particles ``men'' and ``de'' are used to express contrast
    questions in Japanese are indicated by the particle ``ka''
    English ``up'' is sometimes regarded as an adverbial particle
  4. 4. n a common affix, such as re-, un-, or -ness
  5. 5. n [Physics] a body with finite mass that can be treated as having negligible size, and internal structure
  6. 6. n See elementary particle
  7. 7. n [RC Church] a small piece broken off from the Host at Mass
  8. 8. n [Archaic] a section or clause of a document
  9. 9. n [Etymology] C14: from Latin particula a small part, from pars part

Examples

a dust particle
尘埃
lambda particle
【物理学】λ粒子
A dust particle weighs only a thousandth of a gram.
一粒尘埃的重量仅有千分之一克。
An atom is the smallest indivisible particle of matter.
原子是最小的不可分的物质微粒。
A virion is a complete virus particle.
病毒体是完整的病毒粒子。
A capture is the process when an atomic systems acquires an additional particle.
俘获是指原子得到额外电子的过程。
an alpha particle

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