capsule 音標拼音: [k'æpsəl]
n . 膠囊,蒴,瓶帽,太空艙
膠囊,蒴,瓶帽,太空艙
capsule n 1 :
a small container 2 :
a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside 3 :
a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore -
containing structure of e .
g .
mosses 4 :
a shortened version of a written work [
synonym : {
condensation },
{
abridgement }, {
abridgment }, {
capsule }]
5 :
a structure that encloses a body part 6 :
a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space [
synonym : {
space capsule }, {
capsule }]
7 :
a pilot '
s seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency ;
then the pilot descends by parachute [
synonym : {
ejection seat }, {
ejector seat }, {
capsule }]
v 1 :
enclose in a capsule [
synonym : {
capsule }, {
capsulate },
{
capsulize }, {
capsulise }]
2 :
put in a short or concise form ;
reduce in volume ; "
capsulize the news " [
synonym : {
encapsulate }, {
capsule }, {
capsulize },
{
capsulise }]
Capsule \
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n . [
L .
capsula a little box or chest ,
fr .
capsa chest ,
case ,
fr .
capere to take ,
contain :
cf .
F .
capsule .]
1 . (
Bot .)
a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels ,
and opens to discharge the seeds ,
as ,
the capsule of the poppy ,
the flax ,
the lily ,
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Chem .)
(
a )
A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores ,
etc .;
a scorifier .
(
b )
a small ,
shallow ,
evaporating dish ,
usually of porcelain .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Med .)
A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 . (
Anat .)
A membranous sac containing fluid ,
or investing an organ or joint ;
as ,
the capsule of the lens of the eye .
Also ,
a capsulelike organ .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 .
A metallic seal or cover for closing a bottle .
[
1913 Webster ]
6 .
A small cup or shell ,
as of metal ,
for a percussion cap ,
cartridge ,
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Atrabiliary capsule }.
See under {
Atrabiliary }.
{
Glisson '
s capsule },
a membranous envelope ,
entering the liver along with the portal vessels and insheathing the latter in their course through the organ .
{
Suprarenal capsule },
a ductless gland secreting epinephrine ,
norepinephrine ,
and steroid hormones ,
on the upper end of each kidney .
It is also called the {
adrenal gland },
{
glandula suprarenalis }, {
suprarenal gland }, {
epinephros },
{
atrabiliary capsule },
and {
adrenal capsule }.
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
180 Moby Thesaurus words for "
capsule ":
Earth insertion ,
LEM ,
LM ,
abbreviated ,
abbreviation ,
abbreviature ,
abrege ,
abridge ,
abridged ,
abridgment ,
abstract ,
abstracted ,
amnion ,
apogee ,
attitude -
control rocket ,
bag ,
ballistic capsule ,
bark ,
barrel ,
basket ,
bladder ,
bleb ,
blister ,
bobbed ,
boll ,
bolus ,
botany ,
bottle ,
box ,
box up ,
bran ,
brief ,
burn ,
burr ,
calyx ,
can ,
canned ,
capsulize ,
capsulized ,
carton ,
case ,
cask ,
cell ,
chaff ,
clipped ,
cod ,
compend ,
compressed ,
condensation ,
condense ,
condensed ,
condensed version ,
conspectus ,
corn shuck ,
cornhusk ,
crate ,
cropped ,
curtailed ,
cut short ,
cyst ,
deep -
space ship ,
digest ,
digested ,
docked ,
docking ,
docking maneuver ,
draft ,
elided ,
elliptic ,
encase ,
encyst ,
epitome ,
ferry rocket ,
fistula ,
follicle ,
fuel ship ,
gallbladder ,
hamper ,
head ,
hull ,
husk ,
injection ,
insertion ,
jacket ,
jar ,
legume ,
legumen ,
loculus ,
lozenge ,
lunar excursion module ,
lunar module ,
manned rocket ,
marsupium ,
module ,
moon ship ,
mowed ,
mown ,
multistage rocket ,
nipped ,
nutshell ,
orbit ,
outline ,
overview ,
pack ,
package ,
palea ,
pandect ,
parcel ,
parking orbit ,
pease cod ,
peel ,
pericarp ,
perigee ,
pill ,
pocket ,
pod ,
pollard ,
polled ,
pot ,
potted ,
precis ,
pruned ,
reaped ,
reentry ,
review ,
rind ,
rocket ,
rubric ,
sac ,
saccule ,
sacculus ,
saccus ,
sack ,
scrotum ,
seed pod ,
seed vessel ,
seedbox ,
seedcase ,
shaved ,
sheared ,
shell ,
short -
cut ,
shorten ,
shortened ,
shortened version ,
shuck ,
shuttle rocket ,
silique ,
sinus ,
skeleton ,
sketch ,
sketch out ,
skin ,
snub ,
snubbed ,
soft landing ,
sound ,
space capsule ,
space docking ,
space rocket ,
spacecraft ,
spaceship ,
stomach ,
summarize ,
survey ,
syllabus ,
synopsis ,
synopsize ,
tablet ,
tank ,
thumbnail sketch ,
tin ,
topical outline ,
trimmed ,
troche ,
udder ,
vasculum ,
ventricle ,
vesica ,
vesicle
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