capillary
capillary 英 [kəˈpɪləri] 美 [ˈkæpəleri]
n. 毛细管 adj. 毛细管的；毛状的
名词复数:capillaries
- You are probably most familiar with the word capillary as a minute vessel that transports blood to larger vessels in the body, but a capillary can actually mean any tiny tubelike device that moves a liquid from point to point.
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- n. 毛细管
- adj. 毛细管的；毛状的
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1. When air cools at night, dew collects on the lizard’s skin and is pulled to its mouth by capillary action.
待晚间空气温度下降，凝结在蜥蜴皮肤上的露珠就可以通过毛细管作用输送到它的口中。
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2. The tube formed part of a device called a capillary viscometer used to measure viscosities.
这个试管是一个毛细管粘度计的组成部分，该粘度计是用来测量液体粘度的。
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3. When a Krispie absorbs milk, the capillary forces push the air to shatter the cavities' walls -- and make a noise.
当吸收牛奶之后，在毛细管中挤压空气使空洞的壁开裂因而造成响声。
- capillary (adj.) 1650s, "of or pertaining to the hair," from Latin capillaris "of hair," from capillus "hair" (of the head); perhaps related to caput "head" (but de Vaan finds this "difficult on the formal side" and "far from compelling, since capillus is a diminutive, and would mean 'little head', which hardly amounts to 'hair'"). The Latin word was borrowed earlier in English as capillar "hair-like" (c. 1400, of veins, etc.).
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