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ectoplasm

/ˈek.tə.plæz.əm/

翻译: 名词,有两个主要含义:在唯灵论中,指据信在通灵时从灵媒体内发出的物质;在生物学中,指细胞质中不含颗粒的外层。

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noun

C2formalcommonscientific/ˈek.tə.plæz.əm/

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A noun with two distinct meanings: in spiritualism, it refers to a substance believed to emanate from a medium's body during a trance; in biology, it denotes the outer, granule-free layer of cytoplasm in a cell.

  • 🇨🇳名词,有两个主要含义:在唯灵论中,指据信在通灵时从灵媒体内发出的物质;在生物学中,指细胞质中不含颗粒的外层。
  1. Spiritual substance C2 formal

    A mystical, viscous substance believed to emanate from a medium's body during a spiritualist trance.

    • The medium claimed to produce ectoplasm during the séance.
    • Photographs from the 1920s often show ectoplasm as a white, gauzy material.
    • Skeptics argue that ectoplasm is often faked using cheesecloth or other materials.

    🇨🇳外质

  2. Cell biology layer C2 formal scientific

    The outer, gel-like layer of a cell's cytoplasm, which is typically clear and free of granules.

    • The ectoplasm of an amoeba is more rigid than the inner endoplasm.
    • Under the microscope, the ectoplasm appears as a clear border around the cell.
    • Cell movement in amoebas involves the flow of endoplasm into the ectoplasm.

    🇨🇳外质

    反义词: endoplasm

  • ectoplasms plural form
  • ectoplasms' possessive plural form
  • ectoplasm's possessive singular form