单词 | capsule |
释义 | capsulen.adj. A. n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > [noun] > small capsule1652 cistula1699 microcapsule1961 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 118 Brought their disorderly raised spirits into their former capsuls. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. x. (note) 1 (R.) The little cases or capsules which contain the seed in this species [the fern]. 2. Physiology. A membranous integument or envelope; a bag or sac. capsule of Tenon n. Tenon's capsule (Tenonian adj. at Tenon n.2 Derivatives). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [noun] > depression or cavity pita1275 holec1300 cella1398 den1398 follicle?a1425 purse?a1425 pocketa1450 fossac1475 cystis1543 trench1565 conceptory1576 vesike1577 vesicle1578 vault1594 socket1601 bladderet1615 cistern1615 cavern1626 ventricle1641 bladder1661 antrum1684 conceptaculum1691 capsule1693 cellule1694 loculus1694 sinus1704 vesicula1705 vesica1706 fosse1710 pouch1712 cyst1721 air chamber1725 fossula1733 alveole1739 sac1741 sacculus1749 locule1751 compartment1772 air cell1774 fossule1803 umbilicus1811 conceptacle1819 cœlia1820 utricle1822 air sac1835 saccule1836 ampulla1845 vacuole1853 scrobicule1880 faveolus1882 the world > life > the body > sense organ > sight organ > parts of sight organ > [noun] > eyeball > capsule enclosing capsule of Tenon1867 Tenon's capsule1868 Tenonian fascia1891 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxi. 262 The left Capsul of the Heart. 1738 Med. Ess. & Observ. (ed. 2) IV. 193 When this Capsule is opened the Crystalline escapes. 1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 13 The tumour will..acquire for itself a kind of capsule. 1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 167 The capsule of the eye-ball..is a fibrous membrane. 1866 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. v The tubules [of the kidney]..terminate in dilatations..called Malpighian capsules. 1867 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. July 241 The capsule of Tenon,..which incloses the whole eyeball, with the exception of the cornea, consists of two very different portions. 1884 H. R. Swanzy Handbk. Dis. Eye xxii. 414 Capsulitis, or Inflammation of the Capsule of Tenon, is an affection concerning the occurrence of which there is some doubt. 1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) x. 112 At the time of an operation after the capsule of Tenon has been opened. 3. Botany (a) A dry dehiscent seed-vessel, containing one or more cells, and opening when ripe by the separation of its valves. (b) Applied to certain kinds of perithecia or receptacles in Fungi. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > parts of > reproductive parts capsule1693 perithecium1800 aecidium1821 hymenium1830 pseudoperidium1832 pseudoperithecium1832 disc1842 trichidium1842 spicule1843 sporophore1849 stylospore1851 pycnide1856 cyst1857 pycnidium1857 basidium1858 cystidium1858 basidiospore1859 conidium1861 pollinarium1861 gonosphere1865 hymenophorum1866 spicula1866 teleutospore1866 promycelium1867 gonosphaerium1873 hymenophore1874 paracyst1874 sterigma1874 pollinodium1875 scolecite1875 uredospore1875 metuloid1879 operculum1879 uredo1879 aecidiospore1880 pycnidiospore1880 uredo-fruit1882 chlamydospore1884 teleutosorus1884 fruitcake1885 ascocarp1887 periplasm1887 pycnospore1887 pyrenocarp1887 macrostylospore1894 autobasidium1895 oidium1895 zygophore1904 aeciospore1905 aecium1905 pycniospore1905 teliospore1905 telium1905 uredinium1905 uredosorus1905 fruit-body1912 sporodochium1913 probasidium1916 fruiting body1918 pycnium1926 holobasidium1928 protoperithecium1937 uredium1937 the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > seed-vessel or pericarp > [noun] > capsule heada1398 boll?a1500 bladder1578 bollen1578 bullion1589 bob1615 hive1665 seed box1677 capsule1693 amphora1821 pyxis1821 pyxidium1832 pore capsule1878 1693 A. van Leeuwenhoek in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 706 So soon as the Capsula breaks upon the ripening of the Seed. 1796 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 96 (caption) A Capsule with two boat-shaped Valves, and one Cell;..the Valves opening length-ways. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 182 The dehiscence of their capsule. 1874 J. Lubbock Wild Flowers iii. 77 The seed capsules, when ripe, burst open if touched. 4. Chemistry. A shallow saucer, for roasting samples of ores, or for evaporating. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > equipment or apparatus > [noun] > general vessels > others aludela1400 sublimatoryc1405 rotumbea1475 capel1527 firepot1595 digestory1676 digester1681 capsule1727 pneumatic trough1800 receiver1808 collector1860 cartridge1920 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Distilling Two Bars of Iron..to support the Retort or Capsula. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Capsula, in Chymistry, is an Earthen Vessel, in form of a Pan; wherein things are frequently plac'd, that are to undergo very violent Operations of the Fire. 1853 W. Gregory Inorg. Chem. 181 If we heat a capsule of platinum a little beyond 212°, and drop water into it. 1873 W. Lees Acoustics iii. v. 111 A small capsule containing water. 5. Medicine. A small envelope of gelatine to enclose a dose of nauseous medicine. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > pills, tablets, etc. > [noun] > capsule wafer1848 pearl1872 capsule1875 cachet1884 perle1887 tabloid1887 jelloid1898 wafer-cachet1898 Caplet1937 cap1942 Spansule1954 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 503 When patients object to the taste, the drug may be given in gelatine capsules. 6. A metallic cap or cover for a bottle. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > [noun] > closure for a vessel, tube, etc. > lid > types of pot-lid1404 paten-bred1501 buckler1674 Moor's head1677 screw top1697 sarpush1698 Moor-head1712 saucepan lid1801 screw cap1806 pan lid1841 capsule1858 shutter-front1887 crown cap1898 shutter-lid1901 kettle-lid1903 under-lid1907 1858 in P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 7. A percussion cap; the shell of a metallic cartridge. [French.] (In modern dictionaries.) 8. (a) A pressurized compartment in an aircraft, also used for an emergency escape. (b) The detachable nose-cone of a rocket or space missile for carrying an astronaut, instruments for recording and transmitting scientific data, etc. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > [noun] > module or capsule landing craft1940 ferry1951 capsule1954 space capsule1954 module1961 service module1961 Lem1962 moonbug1963 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > fuselage > pressurized compartment for emergency escape capsule1954 1954 M. Caidin Worlds in Space v. 105 The ship could be controlled from within the sealed capsules. 1955 Sci. News Let. 11 June 377/3 An escape capsule for pilots flying supersonic aircraft..has been patented. 1958 Wall St. Jrnl. 9 Oct. 1/3 Later efforts would be made to send a man, again encased in a pressurized capsule, circling the earth for 24 hours. 1959 Daily Tel. 23 Feb. 11/6 For the space pilot..there must be the ability, in emergency, to eject the whole capsule in which one sits. 1959 Listener 17 Sept. 440/1 The first American space capsule. 1964 Ann. Reg. 1963 185 Because of a fault in some of the automatic control equipment he had had to control the Mercury capsule manually during the critical period of re-entry into the earth's atmosphere. 1968 Times 10 Dec. 6/8 Solar telescopes which can be linked up in space to an Apollo capsule. B. adj. Brief, condensed, compressed; small and compact. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adjective] > compressed contract1561 cutted1565 curtal1579 contracted1595 astrict1631 compressed1822 condensed1823 syncopated1897 capsule1938 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [adjective] > compendious compendious1388 compendiary1609 comprehensive1662 polymicrian1829 capsule1938 1938 in J. Beatty Saturday Rev. Gallery (1959) 279 One of those capsule biographies of the author that sometimes appear on the jackets of detective stories. 1944 Amer. Notes & Queries June 42/2 (heading) Capsule language for fighting men. 1953 R. Stout Golden Spiders 55 An estimated million and a quarter New Yorkers got an impressive capsule demonstration of the might of American armed forces. 1955 O. Keepnews & W. Grauer Pict. Hist. Jazz xiv. 149 It's not so much a Kansas City ‘style’ as a capsule history of jazz in one town. 1958 Vogue May 199/1 Really a capsule wardrobe in itself, she chose it for its..blue and white blazer. Draft additions October 2011 [After German Kapsel (1883 in the source of quot. 1883).] Microbiology. A layer of material (typically polysaccharide, sometimes protein) surrounding the cell wall of many bacteria, the presence of which may correlate with enhanced virulence in certain pathogenic species. Also: a similar layer in certain fungi. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > parts of > cells and tissue chive1721 spawn1731 mushroom spawn1753 volva1753 ring1777 veil1777 curtain1796 wrapper1796 fungin1813 subiculum1821 cortina1832 velum1832 mycelium1836 uterus1836 gleba1847 hypostroma1855 sulcus1856 rhizopod1859 tigellule1860 trichophore1860 hypha1866 hypothecium1866 rhizopodium1866 annulus1871 capillitium1871 acervulus1872 weft1875 capsule1883 clamp-connection1887 periphysis1887 chain gemma1893 trumpet hypha1900 metula1915 monokaryon1935 the world > life > biology > organism > micro-organism > bacterium > [noun] > part of capsule1883 conidium1925 macroconidium1930 nucleoid1938 muramic acid1957 mucopeptide1959 mesosome1960 rhapidosome1963 murein1964 peptidoglycan1966 1883 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 29 Dec. 1298/1 Friedländer..now describes the micrococcus of pneumonia to have, under certain conditions and at certain stages, a distinct capsule. 1922 J. E. Greaves Agric. Bacteriol. iii. 43 Many bacteria possess a capsule which is an outgrowth of the cell membrane and is composed of mucin. 1938 Times 17 June 17/3 The pneumonococcus..possesses a capsule or shell which, it has been supposed, serves to protect it against attacks by white blood corpuscles. 1973 Mycologia 65 365 Benham in her review of the yeast genus Cryptococcus pointed out that the capsule is the most outstanding characteristic of this genus. 2002 M. Wilson et al. Bacterial Dis. Mechanisms i. 11 Some strains of H. influenzae (those possessing particular types of capsule) may cause life-threatening infections such as meningitis. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). capsulev. transitive. To furnish or close (a bottle, etc.) with a capsule or metallic cover. Derivatives ˈcapsuled adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > [adjective] > having a lid > specific screw-capped1849 screw-down1849 screw-topped1858 capsuled1859 1859 All Year Round 19 Nov. 77 Any patent capsuled colour tubes. ˈcapsuling n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [noun] > closing or shutting > closing up a vessel > in specific way corking1650 capsuling1886 1886 Brit. Manuf. Export Jrnl. 1 Oct. The necessity for wiring, sealing, or capsuling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.adj.1652v.1859 |
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