| 释义 |
gran·ule
\ˈgran(ˌ)yül\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Late Latin granulum, diminutive of Latin granum grain — more at corn
1.
a. : a little grain (as of sugar) : a small particle (as of pollen); especially : one of a number of particles forming a larger unit
< the granules of the rock >
< the carbon granules in the dry-cell battery >
b. : a small sugar-coated pill
2. : one of the small, short-lived, brilliant spots on the sun's seething photosphere that are of irregular shape and several hundred miles in diameter
3. : a clump of actinomycetes in a lesion |