单词 | particle |
释义 | particle/ˈpɑːtɪk(ə)l /noun 1A minute portion of matter: tiny particles of dust...
Synonyms bit, tiny bit, piece, tiny piece, speck, spot, fleck, dot, atom, molecule; mote, fragment, sliver, splinter 1.1 (also subatomic particle or elementary particle) Physics Any of numerous subatomic constituents of the physical world that interact with each other, including electrons, neutrinos, photons, and alpha particles.Counting photons, particles that carry electromagnetic energy including X-rays, was critical to this discovery....
1.2 Mathematics A hypothetical object having mass but no physical size.At that time he made the claim, for the first time, that the particle had zero mass....
2 [with negative] The least possible amount: he agrees without hearing the least particle of evidence Synonyms iota, jot, whit, bit, scrap, shred, crumb, morsel, mite, atom, drop, hint, touch, trace, suggestion, whisper, suspicion, scintilla, grain, tittle, jot or tittle; any; Irish stim informal smidgen, smidge, tad archaic scantling, scruple 3 Grammar (In English) any of the class of words such as in, up, off, over, used with verbs to make phrasal verbs.If no special emphasis is employed, the adverbial particle in a phrasal verb proper is stressed: to píck úp a bóok/píck a bóok úp....
3.1(In ancient Greek) any of a class of words used for contrast and emphasis, such as de and ge.These are considered particles and they're placed at the end of a sentence, usually to signify a certain attitudinal meaning or intonation....
OriginLate Middle English: from Latin particula 'little part', diminutive of pars, part-. Rhymes |
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