capillary

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/kəˈpɪl.ə.ɹi/    /kəˈpɪl.ə.ɹi/|/ˈkæpəˌlɛri/|/ˈkæpɪˌlɛɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of the small blood vessels (from 5 to 10 micrometres/micrometers (μm) in diameter) that connect arteries to veins (They are the smallest blood vessels in the body: they convey blood between the arterioles and venules).
  2. A tube or channel having a very small internal diameter, through which liquid can rise or be drawn by capillary action.
形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling or pertaining to hair, especially in slenderness or fineness.
  2. Of or pertaining to a narrow tube.
  3. Of, relating to, or caused by surface tension.
  4. Of or relating to capillaries in the body or to capillary action.

词形变化

more capillary comparative most capillary superlative capillaries plural

词源

词源 1
From Latin capillāris (“pertaining to the hair”), from capillus (“the hair, properly of the head”), from caput (“head”).
词源 2
From Latin capillāris (“pertaining to the hair”), from capillus (“the hair, properly of the head”), from caput (“head”).
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