cell

jail, prison, cell

这些名词均有“牢房、监狱”之意。
jail: (英国英语拼写为gaol)指收犯轻罪的人或未经判决的人的处所。
prison: 指触犯刑律的人被关押的地方，通常指判决后的罪犯居留地。
cell: 指单人牢房或几个人合住的小牢房。

名词 cell:

1. any small compartment
2. (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
3. a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction
   同义词：electric cell
4. a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
   同义词：cadre
5. a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
   同义词：cellular telephone, cellular phone, cellphone, mobile phone
6. small room is which a monk or nun lives
   同义词：cubicle
7. a room where a prisoner is kept
   同义词：jail cell, prison cell

1. She was found prostrate on the floor of the cell.
   有人发现她趴在小屋的地板上。
2. The stage was designed to imitate a prison cell.
   舞台设计成牢房的样子。
3. The prisoner paced the floor of his cell.
   那犯人在牢房里来回地走著。
4. Growth resulting from increase in cell size without cell division.
   生长指由于细胞体积的增大而非细胞分裂而导致的生长
5. The prisoner rapped out a message on the cell wall.
   那囚犯敲打囚室的墙来传达讯息。
6. The optical system of the eye stimulate cell of the retina.
   眼睛的视觉系统刺激视网膜内的细胞。
7. I have to buy a new dry cell.
   我必须买一节新的干电池了。

cell

n.（名词）
A narrow, confining room, as in a prison or convent.
狭窄的房间：狭窄禁闭的房间，比如监狱或修道院
A small enclosed cavity or space, such as a compartment in a honeycomb or within a plant ovary or an area bordered by veins in an insect`s wing.
小隔间，小空间：封闭的小洞或小空间，比如蜂房内的巢室或植物子房内的小室或昆虫翅膀内以血管分界的区域
Biology The smallest structural unit of an organism that is capable of independent functioning, consisting of one or more nuclei, cytoplasm, and various organelles, all surrounded by a semipermeable cell membrane.
【生物学】 细胞：生物内最小的能够独立发挥作用的结构单位，包括一个或多个细胞核、细胞质和各种细胞器官，均由具半透性的细胞膜包着
The smallest organizational unit of a centralized group or movement, especially of a political party of Leninist structure.
最小的组织单位，基层组织：中央控制的集团或运动的最小组织单位，特别是列宁式政党的
Electricity
【电学】
A single unit for electrolysis or conversion of chemical into electric energy, usually consisting of a container with electrodes and an electrolyte.Also called electrochemical cell
（原）电池，电解槽：进行电解或将化学能转为电能的独立单位，通常包括一个装有电极和电解液的容器也作 electrochemical cell
A single unit that converts radiant energy into electric energy:
电池，光电元件：将辐射能转为电能的独立单位：
例句：
a solar cell.
太阳能电池

Computer Science A basic unit of storage in a computer memory that can hold one unit of information, such as a character or word.
【计算机科学】 基本存储单元，单元：计算机内存中能够储有一个单位的信息，比如一个字符或字的基本存储单元
A geographic area or zone surrounding a transmitter in a cellular telephone system.
发射区，区域：围绕蜂窝式电话系统的发射器的地理区域
A small, humble abode, such as a hermit`s cave or hut.
小的隐居处所：狭小、简陋的住所，比如隐士的山洞或棚屋
A small religious house dependent on a larger one, such as a priory within an abbey.
附属修道院：依附于一个较大房子的较小的宗教性房子，比如修道院内的小修道院
v.（动词）
celled,cell.ing,cells
v.tr.（及物动词）
To put or confine in a cell.
囚禁：置于或禁锢在一个狭小空间中
To store in a honeycomb.
在蜂巢中存放
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To live in or share a cell.
居住，共处于：居住或同处在一个狭小空间

来源：
Middle English celle
中古英语 celle
from Old English cell
源自 古英语 cell
and from Old French
并源自 古法语
both from Latin cella [chamber] * see kel-
都源自 拉丁语 cella [房间，卧室] *参见 kel-