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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   capsule

   • IPA[ˈkapsəl]

   美式

   • n.
     a small case or container, especially a round or cylindrical one；a small soluble case of gelatin containing a dose of medicine, swallowed whole.

   • noun: capsule, plural noun: capsules

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a small case or container, especially a round or cylindrical one he showed us the cylinder of the gun filled with six plastic capsules
   • ▪ a small soluble case of gelatin containing a dose of medicine, swallowed whole. 同義詞 pill, tablet, lozenge, pastille, pilule, ... 更多drop, caplet, pellet, bolus, troche, informaltab
   • ▪ short for space capsule
   • 2. a tough sheath or membrane that encloses something in the body, such as a kidney, a lens, or a synovial joint.
   • ▪ a gelatinous layer forming the outer surface of some bacterial cells.
   • 3. the foil or plastic covering the cork of a wine bottle. 同義詞 cover, seal, cap, top
   • 4. a dry fruit that releases its seeds by bursting open when ripe, such as a pea pod. 同義詞 seed case, pod, shell, husk, hull, ... 更多case, sheath, technicalpericarp, exocarp, legume, integument
   • 5. the spore-producing structure of mosses and liverworts, typically borne on a stalk.
   • 6. (of a piece of writing) shortened but retaining the essence of the original; condensed a capsule review of the movie
   • ▪ (of a collection of clothing) consisting of a relatively small set of key items.