granule
granule — 名詞
- granulesingular
- granulesplural
1. A tiny, often gritty fragment of a solid material, roughly the size of a single
顆粒
非常小的固體顆粒
A tiny, often gritty fragment of a solid material, roughly the size of a single grain of sand.
The coffee granules dissolved quickly when Jenna added hot water.
Jenna 倒入熱水後，咖啡顆粒很快就溶解了。
collocation: coffee granules / dissolve in liquid
A single sugar granule fell onto the tablecloth as Dewi stirred her tea.
Dewi 攪拌茶時，一顆糖粒掉在桌巾上。
The pharmacist crushed the pill into fine granules and mixed them with yogurt.
藥劑師把藥丸壓成細小顆粒，再拌進優格裡。
collocation: crush [sth] into granules
Each granule of sand felt rough against Liam's fingers as he grabbed a handful.
Liam 抓起一把沙時，每一粒沙在他指間都感覺粗糙。
collocation: granule of sand
Defne noticed tiny white granules on the kitchen floor near the open salt container.
Defne 注意到廚房地板靠近開啟的鹽罐旁有細小的白色顆粒。
- coffee granules
- sugar granules
- salt granules
- detergent granules
- pollen granules
- starch granules
- dissolve granules
- crush into granules
- break into granules
- fine granules
- tiny granules
- grain
More general term; also used figuratively (a grain of truth); often refers to cereal seeds or sand
- particle
More formal and scientific; covers all tiny pieces including non-solid matter
- speck
Suggests an extremely tiny, often barely visible amount, typically of dust or dirt
- pellet
Describes a small, rounded, compressed shape, often man-made
文法句型
plural: granules
granule + of + noun
用法筆記
Often used in the plural form (granules) when referring to a substance consisting of many such particles.
常見錯誤
同根字
- granular形容詞B2
- granulate動詞C1
- granulated形容詞B2
- granulation名詞C1