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noun

单人小室，禅房

A single-room dwelling for a hermit.

Examples :

"The hermit built a small cell in the mountains to live in peace and quiet. "

那位隐士在山里建了一个简陋的单人小室，以便安静地修行.

"The hermit chose a small cell in the mountains for his quiet life. "

那位隐士选择在山中一间小禅房度过他的宁静生活。

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noun

小修道院，分院。

A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment.

Examples :

"The small cell near the abbey housed several young nuns. "

这座靠近大修道院的小型分院里住着几位年轻的修女。

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单人房间，小室。

A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person.

Examples :

"Gregor Mendel must have spent a good amount of time outside of his cell."

格里高·孟德尔修士肯定花了不少时间在他那单人房间（小室）外活动。

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noun

牢房，单人牢房。

A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates.

Examples :

"The combatants spent the night in separate cells."

这些打斗者当晚分别被关在不同的牢房里。

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noun

蜂巢, 巢室

Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb.

Examples :

"The bee carefully filled each cell in the honeycomb with honey. "

蜜蜂小心地把蜂巢里的每个巢室都填满了蜂蜜。

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noun

细胞，单元。

Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions.

Examples :

"The scientist studied the specialized cells in the plant's root system. "

科学家研究了植物根系中那些具有特定功能的特化细胞。

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noun

翅室

The discal cell of the wing of a lepidopteran insect.

Examples :

"The butterfly's wing displayed a distinct discal cell. "

这只蝴蝶的翅膀上有一个清晰可见的翅室。

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noun

脑室, 脑细胞

Specifically, any of the supposed compartments of the brain, formerly thought to be the source of specific mental capacities, knowledge, or memories.

Examples :

"Some older theories of the mind proposed that different cells in the brain were responsible for specific memories, like remembering faces or names. "

一些早期的心智理论认为，大脑中不同的脑室（或脑细胞）负责特定的记忆，比如记住面孔或名字。

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细胞，单间，小室

A section or compartment of a larger structure.

Examples :

"The classroom has individual study cells for each student. "

教室里有供每个学生使用的独立学习小隔间。

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noun

单间牢房，小房间

Any small dwelling; a remote nook, a den.

Examples :

"The tiny cell in the attic was my grandfather's favorite place to read. "

阁楼上那间小小的单间房是我爷爷最喜欢的读书场所。

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noun

电池，电芯

A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery.

Examples :

"This MP3 player runs on 2 AAA cells."

这个MP3播放器用两节AAA电池供电。

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细胞

The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself.

Examples :

"The scientist observed the cell under the microscope during her biology class. "

在生物课上，这位科学家用显微镜观察了细胞——构成生物体的基本单位，能合成蛋白质并自我复制。

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noun

雷暴单体，对流单体

A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front.

Examples :

"There is a powerful storm cell headed our way."

正前方有个威力很强的雷暴单体正在向我们移动。

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细胞，单元。

The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior.

Examples :

"The upper right cell always starts with the color green."

右上角的单元格总是从绿色开始。

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noun

空当，单元格。

In FreeCell-type games, a space where one card can be placed.

Examples :

"In the FreeCell game, I placed the queen of hearts in the empty cell. "

在自由细胞游戏中，我把红心皇后放到了那个空当里。

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noun

小组, 小团体

A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one.

Examples :

"Those three fellows are the local cell of that organization."

那三个家伙是那个组织在当地的小团体。

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noun

信元，单元.

(communication) A short, fixed-length packet as in asynchronous transfer mode.

Examples :

"Virtual Channel number 5 received 170 cells."

虚拟通道5接收了170个信元。

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noun

蜂窝，小区。

(communication) A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.

Examples :

"I get good reception in my home because it is near a cell tower."

因为我家离信号塔很近，所以信号很好。(Yīnwèi wǒ jiā lí xìnhàotǎ hěn jìn, suǒyǐ xìnhào hěn hǎo.)

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noun

胞，维胞.

A three-dimensional facet of a polytope.

Examples :

"The architect's drawing showed the intricate cells of the proposed building's design. "

建筑师的图纸展示了拟建建筑设计中错综复杂的维胞结构。

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单元格，细胞。

The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.

Examples :

"In the spreadsheet for my project, the cell in row 3, column B contains the sales figures for January. "

在我的项目电子表格里，第3行B列的单元格里包含了1月份的销售额数据。

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noun

拱肋间隙，拱肋格。

The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.

Examples :

"The architect carefully measured the size of each cell in the vaulted ceiling of the new library. "

建筑师仔细测量了新图书馆拱形天花板上每个拱肋间隙的尺寸。

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细胞，单间。

Examples :

"The architect carefully studied the blueprint of the temple's cella. "

建筑师仔细研究了寺庙内殿（单间）的蓝图。

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noun

翅室

An area of an insect wing bounded by veins

Examples :

"The butterfly's wing had a beautiful pattern of cells, each defined by the lines of its veins. "

这只蝴蝶的翅膀上有美丽的翅室图案，每个翅室都由翅脉的纹路清晰地界定。

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verb

监禁，关押。

To place or enclose in a cell.

Examples :

"The teacher will cell the misbehaving student in the principal's office. "

老师会把那个不守规矩的学生关在校长办公室里。

"The teacher will cell the students in separate classrooms for the test. "

考试时，老师会把学生们分别关在不同的教室里。

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noun

手机，移动电话。

A cellular phone.

Examples :

"My dad uses his cell phone to call me at work. "

我爸爸用他的手机在工作的时候给我打电话。

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