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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. 细胞 red and white blood cells 红血细胞和白血细胞 brain/nerve/cancer cells 脑细胞/神经细胞/癌细胞 the nucleus of a cell 细胞核 Cells divide and form new cells. 细胞分裂，形成新细胞。
Homophones cell | sellcell sellTopics Biologyb2, Bodyb2- cell noun
Genes for human skin exist in every human cell. 人类皮肤的基因存在于每个人类细胞中。
- sell verb
He suggests she sell her house and go to Brazil with him. 他建议她卖掉房子，和他一起去巴西。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dead
- living
- healthy
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- 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 单间牢房；牢房 - in a cell
He spent a night in a prison cell. 他在牢房里呆了一夜。
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）小房间 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 （大结构中的）小隔室（如蜂房巢室） a device for producing an electric current, for example by the action of chemicals or light 电池 a photoelectric cell 光电池
a small group of people who work as part of a larger political organization, especially secretly （尤指秘密的）政治小组，基层组织 a terrorist cell 恐怖分子小组
one of the small squares in a spreadsheet computer program in which you enter a single piece of data （计算机电子表格的）单元格 - (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 移动电话；手机 Call me on my cell. 打我手机。
Word OriginOld English, from Old French celle or Latin cella ‘storeroom or chamber’.