particle
UK ['pɑ:.tɪ.kl] US ['pɑ:r.tˌə-] noun
GRAMMAR 文法
ADVANCED countable
■a word or a part of a word which has a grammatical purpose but often has little or no meaning 小品词•In the sentence 'I tidied up the room', the adverb 'up' is a particle.在句子 I tidied up the room 中，副词 up 是个小品词。
UK ['pɑ:.tɪ.kl] US ['pɑ:r.tˌə-] noun
SMALL PIECE 小颗粒
countable
■an extremely small piece of matter 微粒，粒子•Dust particles must have got into the motor.马达一定是进尘了。 •Electrons are atomic particles.电子是原子粒子。 only singular
■a very small amount of something 极少量•She wouldn't give me even the slightest particle of information about what she'd been doing.她一点也不肯向我透露自己一直在忙些甚么事。 |