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the smallest unit of living matter that can exist on its own. All plants and animals are made up of cells. 細胞 red and white blood cells 紅血細胞和白血細胞 brain/nerve/cancer cells 腦細胞/神經細胞/癌細胞 the nucleus of a cell 細胞核 Cells divide and form new cells. 細胞分裂，形成新細胞。
Homophones cell | sellcell sellTopics Biologyb2, Bodyb2- cell noun
Genes for human skin exist in every human cell. 人類皮膚的基因存在於每個人類細胞中。
- sell verb
He suggests she sell her house and go to Brazil with him. 他建議她賣掉房子，和他一起去巴西。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dead
- living
- healthy
- …
- create
- form
- grow
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- divide
- develop
- form
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- division
- growth
- proliferation
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- the nucleus of a cell
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a room for one or more prisoners in a prison or police station 單間牢房；牢房 - in a cell
He spent a night in a prison cell. 他在牢房裏呆了一夜。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- monk’s
- nun’s
- jail
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- in a/the cell
- in a cell
a small room without much furniture in which a monk or nun lives （修道士或修女住的）小房間 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- monk’s
- nun’s
- jail
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- in a/the cell
each of the small sections that together form a larger structure, for example a honeycomb （大結構中的）小隔室（如蜂房巢室） a device for producing an electric current, for example by the action of chemicals or light 電池 a photoelectric cell 光電池
a small group of people who work as part of a larger political organization, especially secretly （尤指秘密的）政治小組，基層組織 a terrorist cell 恐怖分子小組
one of the small squares in a spreadsheet computer program in which you enter a single piece of data （計算機電子表格的）單元格 - (especially North American English, informal) (also cell phone, cellular phone (both especially North American English), British English mobile phone, mobile)
a phone that does not have wires and works by radio, and that you can carry with you and use anywhere 移動電話；手機 Call me on my cell. 打我手機。
Word OriginOld English, from Old French celle or Latin cella ‘storeroom or chamber’.