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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- particle
['pɒːtɪkl]
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1.
noun
[of dust]
[ metal]
微粒
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2.
noun
[of food]
小粒
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- particle
[ˈpɑːrtɪkl]
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1.
n.[c]
微粒,极小之物;微量,极少量
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2.
n.[c]
[Physics]
粒子
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3.
n.[c]
[Linguistics]
小品词
Collins English-English Dictionary
- particle
['pɒːtɪkəl]
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1.
n
an extremely small piece of matter; speck
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2.
n
a very tiny amount; iota
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it doesn't make a particle of difference
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3.
n
a function word, esp (in certain languages) a word belonging to an uninflected class having suprasegmental or grammatical function
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the Greek particles ``men'' and ``de'' are used to express contrast
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questions in Japanese are indicated by the particle ``ka''
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English ``up'' is sometimes regarded as an adverbial particle
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4.
n
a common affix, such as re-, un-, or -ness
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5.
n
[Physics]
a body with finite mass that can be treated as having negligible size, and internal structure
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6.
n
See elementary particle
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7.
n
[RC Church]
a small piece broken off from the Host at Mass
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8.
n
[Archaic]
a section or clause of a document
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9.
n
[Etymology]
C14: from Latin particula a small part, from pars part
Examples
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a dust particle
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尘埃
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lambda particle
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【物理学】λ粒子
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A dust particle weighs only a thousandth of a gram.
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一粒尘埃的重量仅有千分之一克。
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An atom is the smallest indivisible particle of matter.
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原子是最小的不可分的物质微粒。
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A virion is a complete virus particle.
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病毒体是完整的病毒粒子。
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A capture is the process when an atomic systems acquires an additional particle.
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俘获是指原子得到额外电子的过程。
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an alpha particle
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