cell

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n. 单间牢房; 牢房; (修道士或修女住的)小房间; 细胞

复数：cells　

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同义词辨析

prison cell jail【导航词义：监狱】

prisonn. 监狱，看守所

〔辨析〕

普通用词，指具体的某所监狱时，前面可用冠词，但通常情况下，该词前面不用冠词，侧重表示被监禁状态。

〔例证〕

It is a maximum-security prison.
这是一所戒备森严的监狱。
They live opposite the prison.
他们住在监狱对面。
That thief received a two-year prison sentence.
那个小偷获刑2年。
He was sent to prison for embezzlement.
他因挪用公款而入狱。

celln. 单间牢房，囚室

〔辨析〕

指监狱或警察局里的单人牢房或小隔离室。

〔例证〕

He couldn't remember why he was in the cell at the police station after he came to.
他苏醒过来之后不记得自己为什么会在警察局的隔离室里。
No pictures were allowed to be hung on the walls of the prison cell.
囚室的四壁不允许挂任何图片。

jailn. 监狱，看守所

〔辨析〕

词义同 prison, 可换用。

〔例证〕

an overcrowded jail/prison
过于拥挤的监狱
Some demonstrators were thrown in jail/prison for a few days.
一些示威者被送进监狱关了几天。
She has gotten out of jail/prison.
她已经出狱了。

牛津词典

noun

单间牢房；牢房
a room for one or more prisoners in a prison or police station
（修道士或修女住的）小房间
a small room without much furniture in which a monk or nun lives
细胞
the smallest unit of living matter that can exist on its own. All plants and animals are made up of cells .
1. blood cells
  血细胞
2. the nucleus of a cell
  细胞核
（大结构中的）小隔室（如蜂房巢室）
each of the small sections that together form a larger structure, for example a honeycomb
电池
a device for producing an electric current, for example by the action of chemicals or light
1. a photoelectric cell
  光电池
（尤指秘密的）政治小组，基层组织
a small group of people who work as part of a larger political organization, especially secretly
1. a terrorist cell
  恐怖分子小组
（计算机电子表格的）单元格
one of the small squares in a spreadsheet computer program in which you enter a single piece of data
（计算机电子表格的）单元格
one of the small squares in a spreadsheet computer program in which you enter a single piece of data

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

英英释义

noun

(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms
a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction
Synonym:electric cell
a room where a prisoner is kept
Synonym:jail cellprison cell
small room in which a monk or nun lives
Synonym:cubicle
any small compartment
1. the cells of a honeycomb
a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
Synonym:cellular telephonecellular phonecellphonemobile phone
a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
Synonym:cadre

双语例句

One prisoner claimed he'd been dragged to a cell, stripped and beaten.
一名犯人声称他曾被拖进一间牢房，全身被脱光并遭到毒打。
They beat them up and locked them in a cell.
他们殴打了他们，并把他们锁在一间囚室里。
The door swung open again, spilling light into the cell.
门再次打开了，光照亮了小屋。
Each cell of our bodies contains 46 chromosomes.
我们人体的每个细胞都包含46个染色体。
DNA is the genetic material inside every cell that carries the blueprints for everything from hair color to the risk of cancer.
脱氧核糖核酸是存在于每个细胞内的基因物质，它承载从头发颜色到致癌风险等各种遗传型板。
They put us in a cell, and the next day some bumbling judge bound us over
他们把我们关进监狱，第二天一个糊涂法官令我们具结保证。
Soap destroys the cell walls of bacteria.
肥皂破坏细菌的细胞壁。
He is cooped up in a cramped cell with 10 other inmates
他和其他10名犯人被囚禁在一间狭窄的牢房里。
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。
Police have recaptured Alan Lord, who escaped from a police cell in Bolton.
警察把艾伦·洛德抓了回来，他是从博尔顿的一个警察局拘留室逃走的。