n.胶囊; 航天舱; （植物的）荚; 密封小容器

n.(名词)

小盒，小容器，小器皿，小塑料容器
【植物】蒴果，荚
【药】囊，胶囊
【航空】可弹射座舱，航天舱
【解】被膜，荚膜
v.(动词)

使浓缩，概括，简述
压缩，节略，简缩，以简略的形式表示
把…装入胶囊，以瓶帽密封
adj.(形容词)

概要的，浓缩的，简略的，简明的，简短的，简要的，精简的
微型的，小巧的，小而结实的
密封舱的，航天舱的

capsule胶囊
来自拉丁词capsa, 箱子，词源同case, capsicum.

time capsule → 时间囊；时间胶囊；时空胶囊；时间舱
Capsule hotel → 胶囊酒店；胶囊旅馆；胶囊宾馆；胶囊旅店
articular capsule → 关节囊；蒴果；小容器
Capsule Object → 囊体；胶囊体
capsule apartment → 胶囊公寓；等词都是大城市生存成本高涨的产物
Nakagin Capsule Tower → 中银胶囊塔；中银舱体大楼；中银胶囊大楼；舱体大楼
joint capsule → 关节囊；小关节囊；関节包；节囊
Tongxinluo capsule → 通心络胶囊；通心络
space capsule → 太空舱；航天舱；宇宙飞船座舱；太空船

1. The police say he swallowed a cyanide capsule to avoid arrest.
[汉]警察说他为了逃避逮捕就吞了一颗氰化物胶囊。
——来自柯林斯例句
2. A Russian space capsule is currently orbiting the Earth.
[汉]一个俄罗斯太空舱目前正在绕地球轨道飞行。
——来自柯林斯例句
3. You are asked to swallow a capsule containing vitamin B.
[汉]你要服一粒维生素B胶囊。
——来自柯林斯例句
4. You can also take red ginseng in convenient tablet or capsule form.
[汉]你也可以选择便于服用的红参片或红参胶囊。
——来自柯林斯例句
5. The globular seed capsule contains numerous small seeds.
[汉]这种球形种子荚里含有大量的小种子。
——来自柯林斯例句

【Noun】

1. a small container
2. a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
3. a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
4. a shortened version of a written work
5. a structure that encloses a body part
6. a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
7. a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
【Verb】

1. enclose in a capsule
2. put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume;
"capsulize the news"