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globule

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++glob·ule /ˈɡlɒbjuːl $ ˈɡlɑː-/ noun [countable]  AMOUNTa small drop of a liquid, or of a solid that has been melted 〔液体或已熔化固体的〕一滴 globules of fat 油滴
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globuleThe ice cubes will help to cool the soup and attract any fat globules.Homogenized milk has been mechanically treated to break fat globules into minute particles and disperse them throughout the milk.Isolating the fat globules of milk and patting them into butter is a technological procedure.Preliminary analysis at a London laboratory shows that it contains fatty globules of lipids and is organic, of animal origin.Some meteorites betray traces of proteinoid globules, the precursors of living cells.Fat in round globules like pebbles, hair-roots like grass, capillary loops and sweat glands like worm tunnels.tiny globules of mercury
Origin globule (1600-1700) French Latin globulus, from globus; → GLOBE
glob·ule nounChineseSyllable
Corpus solid a drop a small or of liquid, of a


globule
globule /ˈɡlɒbjuːl $ ˈɡlɑː-/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: French
 Origin: Latin globulus, from globus; globe
a small drop of a liquid, or of a solid that has been melted:
    globules of fat


glob·uleBrE /ˈɡlɒbjuːl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡlɑːbjuːl/ 🔊 nouna very small drop or ball of a liquid or of a solid that has been melted (液体或熔化了的固体的)小滴,小球体a globule of fat一小滴油