particle

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1 PIECEa very small piece of something 微粒

dust particles

尘埃

particle of

tiny particles of soil

细小的土壤颗粒

2 not a particle of truth/evidence etc UNTRUEno truth etc at all 没有一点真实性/证据等

There’s not a particle of truth in what he says.

他说的话没有半点是真的。

3. one of the very small pieces of matter that an atom consists of 粒子，质点

4. technicalSLG an adverb or preposition that can combine with a verb to form a phrasal verb 〔与动词构成短语的〕小品词，虚词

Examples from the Corpus

particle• If basic math stumps you, there might not be a future for you as a particle physicist.• The Cambridge professor's brain dances around such sub-atomic particles as leptons and anti-quarks and the possibility of infinitely curved space-time.• If a cloud forms then it will deplete the atmosphere above it of the substances of which the cloud particles are made.• As the emitted particles are absorbed by the surrounding matter, their energy of motion is transformed into heat.• Notice that this decay does not involve particles like protons.• His conclusion was that one particle might survive for every 10,000 billion that started.• Sedimenting particles in the horizontal-head centrifuge must travel the entire length of the liquid in the tube.• subatomic particles such as protons• The accelerations of these particles are determined by the forces which act upon them.

particle of• tiny particles of dust in the air

Origin particle

(1300-1400) Latin particula, from pars; → PART1

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