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TOEFL BNC: 769 COCA: 895

cell
cell /ˈsɛl/ noun
plural cells
cell
/ˈsɛl/
noun
plural cells
Learner's definition of CELL
[count]
1 
a  : a room in a prison, jail, etc., where prisoners live or are kept小牢房
b  : a small room that one person (such as a monk or a nun) lives in（修道院中的）单人小室
2 
: any one of the very small parts that together form all living things细胞
— often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
3 
: any one of many similar sections that together form a larger structure小洞；小孔；小室
4 
technical
a  : a container for holding substances that are used for producing electricity by chemical action电解槽；电池
b  : a device for changing light (such as sunlight) into electricity光电元件
5 
: a small group of people who work together secretly as part of a larger organization or group（基层）秘密小组
6 
US, informal : cell phone
7 
computers : a space where information can be entered in an organized arrangement of rows and columns : a unit in a table or spreadsheet单元格 — see picture at table

— celled

/ˈsɛld/ adjective
— used in combination用于合成词
TOEFL BNC: 769 COCA: 895

cell

noun

ˈsel How to pronounce cell (audio)
1
: a small religious house dependent on a monastery or convent
2
a
: a one-room dwelling occupied by a solitary person (such as a hermit)
b
: a single room (as in a convent or prison) usually for one person
3
: a small compartment, cavity, or bounded space: such as
a
: one of the compartments of a honeycomb
b
: a membranous area bounded by veins in the wing of an insect
4
: a small usually microscopic mass of protoplasm bounded externally by a semipermeable membrane, usually including one or more nuclei and various other organelles with their products, capable alone or interacting with other cells of performing all the fundamental functions of life, and forming the smallest structural unit of living matter capable of functioning independently
5
a(1)
: a receptacle containing electrodes and an electrolyte either for generating electricity by chemical action or for use in electrolysis
(2)
: fuel cell
b
: a single unit in a device for converting radiant energy into electrical energy or for varying the intensity of an electrical current in accordance with radiation (see radiation sense 1)
6
: a unit in a statistical array (see array entry 2 sense 5) (such as a spreadsheet) formed by the intersection of a column and a row
7
: a basic and usually small unit of an organization or movement
terrorist cells
8
: a portion of the atmosphere that behaves as a unit
a storm cell
9
a
: any of the small sections of a geographic area of a cellular (see cellular entry 1 sense 3) telephone system
b
: cell phone

Illustration of cell

Illustration of cell
  • A plant
  • B animal; 1 cell wall
  • 2 middle lamella
  • 3 plasma membrane
  • 4 mitochondrion
  • 5 vacuole
  • 6 Golgi apparatus
  • 7 cytoplasm
  • 8 nuclear membrane
  • 9 nucleolus
  • 10 nucleus
  • 11 chromatin
  • 12 endoplasmic reticulum with associated ribosomes
  • 13 chloroplast
  • 14 centriole
  • 15 lysosome

Synonyms

Example Sentences

The suspect was in the police station's holding cell overnight. his mission was to locate and infiltrate the terrorist cell that was believed to be hiding in the city
Recent Examples on the Web Nearly every cell in your body has its own molecular clock that listens to signals from the master pacemaker in our brain. WIRED, 9 Sep. 2022 This means fetal cell lines were not used in its development. Jessica Van Egeren, Journal Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022 This is somehow immediately known to the Bad Guys, who blow up Brenda’s cell with threatening messages, then kidnap a family member as collateral. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Sep. 2022 Many evacuation experts recommend using a federal Amber Alert-style system, which automatically pings every cell phone in a disaster area, but significant cell-phone infrastructure was soon overloaded or destroyed during the disaster. Ingfei Chen, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2022 The Long Beach Police Department offered to host Banks at their jail across the street that night, but the sheriff's department returned him to the same facility and didn’t provide a cell with a blanket and bed until 3:30 a.m., his lawyers said. Fox News, 6 Sep. 2022 Protein is vital for repair of all cells, especially for muscle cells after a tough workout; carbs provide a quick source of energy; and fat is essential for cell growth and development, as SELF reported previously. Audrey Bruno, SELF, 6 Sep. 2022 Strategies range from developing drugs that protect people with vision loss against further damage to restoring vision with cell and gene therapies that would replace, regenerate or repair retinal neurons that no longer work. Ron Winslow, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2022 Treatment can involve chemotherapy, radiation therapy, targeted drug therapy, immune cell engineering, a bone marrow transplant and immunotherapy. Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English, religious house and Anglo-French celle hermit's cell, from Latin cella small room; akin to Latin celare to conceal — more at hell

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of cell was before the 12th century

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TOEFL BNC: 769 COCA: 895
cell

noun¹

 1smallest living part of an animal/a plant body細胞ADJECTIVE | VERB + CELL | CELL + VERB | CELL + NOUN | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤dead, living死細胞；活細胞▸➤healthy, normal健康／正常細胞➤abnormal異常細胞▸➤blood, brain, nerve, skin, etc.血細胞、腦細胞、神經細胞、皮膚細胞等◇red and white blood cells紅血細胞和白血細胞➤egg, sperm卵細胞；精子細胞➤stem幹細胞▸➤cancer, cancerous癌細胞▸➤animal, human, plant, etc.動物、人的、植物等細胞VERB + CELL➤create, form, grow產生／形成／長出細胞➤attack, destroy, kill攻擊／消滅／殺死細胞➤collect, extract, remove收集／提取／去除細胞CELL + VERB➤divide細胞分裂◇Cells divide and form new cells.細胞分裂，形成新細胞。➤develop, form, grow細胞發育／形成／生長➤die細胞死亡CELL + NOUN➤division, growth, proliferation細胞分裂／生長／增殖➤membrane, wall細胞膜；細胞壁PHRASES➤the nucleus of a cell細胞核
cell

noun²

 2small room小房間ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤monk's, nun's修道士的／修女的單人小間▸➤jail, police, prison單人牢房；警察局拘留室➤holding拘留所▸➤padded（精神病院的）軟壁病房PREPOSITION➤in a/the cell在小室／牢房裏

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