Filament

GRE

[编辑] 解释

n.灯丝; 细丝
［英］ n.灯丝 ( the fine metal wire in a light bulb) ; 细丝 ( a very slender thread or fiber )
［记］ fila ( 丝) +ment -> 细丝
［同］同根词: filar ( 丝的) ; filigree ( 金银钿工)
［例］ nylon filaments ( 尼龙丝)

noun

Etymology: Middle French, from Medieval Latin filamentum, from Late Latin filare to spin — more at file
Date: 1594
a single thread or a thin flexible threadlike object, process, or appendage: as
- a. a tenuous conductor (as of carbon or metal) made incandescent by the passage of an electric current; specifically a cathode in the form of a metal wire in an electron tube
- b.
  - (1) a thin and fine elongated constituent part of a gill
  - (2) an elongated thin series of cells attached one to another or a very long thin cylindrical single cell (as of some algae, fungi, or bacteria)
- c. the anther-bearing stalk of a stamen — see flower illustration
? filamentary adjective
? filamentous adjective