释义 |
celled, ppl. a.|sɛld| [f. cell + -ed.] 1. Furnished with cells; arranged or constructed in the form of cells. Often with some defining word prefixed, as single-celled, one-celled, two-celled. Also fig.
1776Withering Bot. Arrangem. (1796) II. 397 Lychnis Caps[ule] 1–3, or 5-celled. 1843–6Owen Lect. Comp. Anat. iv. (L.) The single-celled plant. 1854S. Thomson Wild Fl. i. (ed. 4) 65 Anthers..one-celled. 1855Bailey Mystic 8 Heaven's azure world-hive, celled with stars. 2. Enclosed or ensconced in a cell.
1650tr. Bacon's Life & Death 58 The spirits..seem scattered over their whole bodie, rather than Celled. 1820Keats Fancy, Thou shalt see the field-mouse peep Meagre from its celled sleep. 1850D. Moir Hour of Thought v, The monk in hood, With book and rood, And nun in cell'd contrition. |