| 单词 | granular |
| 释义 | granular (once / 9227 pages) adj Something granular has a grainy texture. Granular sugar is the white kind you find in sugar bowls, and a sandy beach is very granular, too. Anything that's made of tiny bits like sand or grain can be called granular. In fact, granular comes from the Latin word granum for "grain." Granular things can also be described as coarse and gritty. A smooth, shiny floor is the opposite of granular. When you see the word granular, think “grain of sand.” Or — “grain of sugar” if that’s more your style. WORD FAMILYgranular: granularity, granularly, nongranular+/granularity: granularities USAGE EXAMPLESTrump described his wall’s particulars in atypically granular detail at an August, 2015, rally in New Hampshire. The New Yorker(Dec 11, 2016) Ms. Trottenberg said her department’s work was “very granular, block-by-block,” teaming with community boards and churches, for example, to understand their concerns about potential impact. New York Times(Dec 10, 2016) The message is the thematic umbrella — Clinton’s “Stronger Together” or Trump’s “Make America Great Again” — while the more difficult part is the granular policy agenda. Washington Post(Nov 23, 2016) 1adj composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency granular sugar Syn coarse-grained, farinaceous, grainy, granulose, gritty, mealy coarse, harsh of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles 2adj having a granular structure like that of chondrites Syn|Ant chondritic achondritic not having a granular structure |
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