neutrino
neutrino — 名詞
- neutrinosingular
- neutrinosplural
1. one of the smallest known types of particle in physics. Neutrinos have no electr
微中子
一種極小的基本粒子，不帶電荷
one of the smallest known types of particle in physics. Neutrinos have no electric charge and an extremely tiny amount of mass. They are produced by nuclear reactions—for example inside the Sun and other stars—and they pass through ordinary matter with almost no interaction, making them very difficult to detect.
Neutrinos from the Sun pass through your body every second without you feeling anything.
來自太陽的微中子每秒穿過你的身體，而你完全感覺不到。
pass through [body/surface] without [noticeable effect] — particle behaviour pattern
Scientists built a huge detector in an old mine to study neutrinos coming from space.
科學家在一個舊礦坑裡建造了一個巨大的偵測器，用來研究來自太空的微中子。
detector + built in [location] + to study [source] — scientific setup pattern
A single neutrino can travel through the whole Earth as if the planet were empty.
一個微中子可以穿過整個地球，就好像這顆行星是空的一樣。
Henrik designed a new experiment to catch neutrinos from exploding stars far away.
Henrik 設計了一個新實驗，用來捕捉來自遙遠爆炸恆星的微中子。
Walid explained to his physics class that neutrinos have almost no mass and no charge.
Walid 向他的物理課學生解釋，微中子幾乎沒有質量，也不帶電荷。
- elementary particle
a broader category; neutrinos are one type of elementary particle, along with electrons and quarks
- lepton
a more technical physics term; neutrinos belong to the lepton family of particles, which also includes electrons and muons
文法句型
a neutrino / neutrinos
[number] neutrinos
用法筆記
The plural form 'neutrinos' is far more common than the singular because the particle is typically discussed as a collective type. The word appears most often in scientific and popular science writing rather than in everyday conversation.