gel
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)A film of flexible transparent plastic (such as acetate, celluloid, or cellophane) suitable for making superimpositions or diapositives (image to overlay on other images, especially for overhead projectors); a digital virtual equivalent of this.
- 4.
(British, slang)A girl.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).
- 2.
(intransitive)To become a gel: to set up.
Đồng nghĩa: set, jell out
- 3.
(intransitive)To develop a rapport.
He was a nice guy, and I got on OK with his friends, but the two of us never really gelled.
- 4.
(figuratively, intransitive)(intransitive, figurative) To come together to form something; to cohere.
We put our ideas together and they eventually gelled into a saleable product.
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Thomas Graham, the mid 19th century as a gelatin, from French gélatine, from Italian gelatina, diminutive form of gelata (iced), from Latin gelata, past participle of gelo (to freeze), from gelu (frost), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (cold).