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单词 globule
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Definition of globule in English:

globule

noun ˈɡlɒbjuːlˈɡlɑbjul
  • 1A small round particle of a substance; a drop.

    globules of fat
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are huge globules of food hanging off his nose and chin.
    • It is hardly surprising that astrologers should associate the planet Mercury with mental agility: the shining globules of this liquid metal form and reform so quickly, as fast as thinking.
    • Sparkles of light flared where kinetic energy was converted to light and heat and globules of metal.
    • Let's face it, fat - be it the visible white lines of marbled steak or globules of fat hidden in ground beef - adds flavour and moisture.
    • Little globules of sweat glistened off his bare chest as he began to raise his hands in triumph.
    • Although the softest condition is obtained when the large globules of cementite are embedded in the ferrite, a smooth machined surface is difficult to obtain due to tearing.
    • These cells are generally globose and larger than epidermal cells, and contain many large globules of oil, a consistent feature of all sections examined.
    • He observed that under a microscope luminous blue/green globules are released by decaying food.
    • We cleaned a sandy beach three times that week and always the tide brought more black globules of oil.
    • As she mechanically began spooning hot globules of oatmeal into her mouth, she caught sight of Periwinkle and another teacher walk in through the Arts Wing hallway.
    • My mother used to render a sublime schmaltz, drawing forth globules of fat and the skin thereunto attached from well-bred chickens.
    • Little globules of fat had congealed on the stew's surface, and it was quite cold.
    • In one hand he held a long paint brush from which globules of paint were threatening to drop while his arm supported a palette kept in place by a thumb through a hole.
    • Milk is another colloid, consisting of microscopic globules of fat dispersed in water.
    • Membranes that keep the globules of fat apart in the milk were softened and then broken, and the fat began to coagulate.
    • Even very small globules of fat can scatter light, giving the ice cream the opacity that customers associate with high quality.
    • Not only could fat be wrung out of the bread, there were dark foreign objects within its matrix, which upon further investigation turned out to be little globules of maple syrup.
    • Sunlight seeped in through several globules of glass that had grown here and there across the amber dome.
    • All eyes were turned to the sparkling showers and shimmering globules of light that dimmed and disappeared as they touched the ground.
    • Placing a gentle hand on the woman's chin, Chase brought her face upward so that he could stare into those beautiful eyes filled with globules of tears.
    Synonyms
    droplet, drop, dewdrop, bead, tear, ball, bubble, pearl, particle
    informal blob, glob
    technical prill
  • 2Astronomy
    A small dark cloud of gas and dust seen against a brighter background such as a luminous nebula.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Elsewhere in the Milky Way, Spitzer viewed a dark, elongated globule known as the Elephant's Trunk nebula.
    • Were Cygnus XR - 1 a neutron star, rather than a black hole, the pulses would have been brighter as the gas globules crashed onto the dense core, but instead they simply vanished.
    • Organic globules found in a meteorite that slammed into the lake may be older than our sun, a new study says.
    • This convection results in the Sun's surface not being smooth, but covered with thousands of these globules, which are called granules.
    • Resembling a creature on the run with flames streaming behind it, the Spitzer image of a dark globule in the emission nebula IC 1396 is in spectacular contrast to the view seen in visible light.
    • Most of the remaining one percent is the very component that makes Bok globules opaque - the interstellar dust.

Derivatives

  • globulous

  • adjective
    • Anastasia reached behind her to no avail as she felt two globulous trickles of blood exit a pair of widening gashes where the base of he skull met the summit of her spine.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I started telling him about fashioning a space suit out of aluminium foil and dashing after the globulous Martian creature to save my sweet from certain tentacling and a sticky end.
      • It's perfect for those upscale bars with retro plastic chairs, globulous red lamps and shag rugs.
      • Two weeks ago, we took the frog to the doctor's as she had been unable to shake off an infection and her production of slimy, yellow, globulous mucus had gone into overdrive.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French, or from Latin globulus, diminutive of globus 'spherical object, globe'.

 
 

Definition of globule in US English:

globule

nounˈɡläbyo͞olˈɡlɑbjul
  • 1A small round particle of a substance; a drop.

    globules of fat
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Let's face it, fat - be it the visible white lines of marbled steak or globules of fat hidden in ground beef - adds flavour and moisture.
    • It is hardly surprising that astrologers should associate the planet Mercury with mental agility: the shining globules of this liquid metal form and reform so quickly, as fast as thinking.
    • Milk is another colloid, consisting of microscopic globules of fat dispersed in water.
    • All eyes were turned to the sparkling showers and shimmering globules of light that dimmed and disappeared as they touched the ground.
    • Sparkles of light flared where kinetic energy was converted to light and heat and globules of metal.
    • Little globules of fat had congealed on the stew's surface, and it was quite cold.
    • These cells are generally globose and larger than epidermal cells, and contain many large globules of oil, a consistent feature of all sections examined.
    • Even very small globules of fat can scatter light, giving the ice cream the opacity that customers associate with high quality.
    • Sunlight seeped in through several globules of glass that had grown here and there across the amber dome.
    • Not only could fat be wrung out of the bread, there were dark foreign objects within its matrix, which upon further investigation turned out to be little globules of maple syrup.
    • We cleaned a sandy beach three times that week and always the tide brought more black globules of oil.
    • He observed that under a microscope luminous blue/green globules are released by decaying food.
    • Placing a gentle hand on the woman's chin, Chase brought her face upward so that he could stare into those beautiful eyes filled with globules of tears.
    • My mother used to render a sublime schmaltz, drawing forth globules of fat and the skin thereunto attached from well-bred chickens.
    • Although the softest condition is obtained when the large globules of cementite are embedded in the ferrite, a smooth machined surface is difficult to obtain due to tearing.
    • Little globules of sweat glistened off his bare chest as he began to raise his hands in triumph.
    • As she mechanically began spooning hot globules of oatmeal into her mouth, she caught sight of Periwinkle and another teacher walk in through the Arts Wing hallway.
    • In one hand he held a long paint brush from which globules of paint were threatening to drop while his arm supported a palette kept in place by a thumb through a hole.
    • Membranes that keep the globules of fat apart in the milk were softened and then broken, and the fat began to coagulate.
    • There are huge globules of food hanging off his nose and chin.
    Synonyms
    droplet, drop, dewdrop, bead, tear, ball, bubble, pearl, particle
    1. 1.1Astronomy A small dark cloud of gas and dust seen against a brighter background such as a luminous nebula.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Elsewhere in the Milky Way, Spitzer viewed a dark, elongated globule known as the Elephant's Trunk nebula.
      • Were Cygnus XR - 1 a neutron star, rather than a black hole, the pulses would have been brighter as the gas globules crashed onto the dense core, but instead they simply vanished.
      • This convection results in the Sun's surface not being smooth, but covered with thousands of these globules, which are called granules.
      • Resembling a creature on the run with flames streaming behind it, the Spitzer image of a dark globule in the emission nebula IC 1396 is in spectacular contrast to the view seen in visible light.
      • Most of the remaining one percent is the very component that makes Bok globules opaque - the interstellar dust.
      • Organic globules found in a meteorite that slammed into the lake may be older than our sun, a new study says.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French, or from Latin globulus, diminutive of globus ‘spherical object, globe’.

 
 
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