cilium

n. cilia的单数 [医] 睫, 纤毛

发音

其它 /ˈsɪl.i.əm/

词形变化

cilia 复数 cilia

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A short microscopic hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism) which serve either for propulsion by causing currents in the surrounding fluid or as sensors.

    纤毛

    生物 医学
  2. 2.

    One of the fine hairs along an insect's wing.

    生物 动物学
  3. 3.

    One of the hairs or similar protrusions along the margin of an organ.

    生物 植物学
  4. 4.

    An eyelash.

    医学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

lash eyelash

上位词 2

hair organelle

下位词 1

falsie

整体词 3

lid eyelid palpebra

相关短语

primary cilium

词源

Borrowed from Latin cilium (“eyelid”).

来源：wiktionary