"globe-shaped, round, spherical and compact," 1650s, from French globulaire or Medieval Latin globularis, or directly from Latin globus "round mass, sphere, ball" (see globe). Earlier in same sense was globical (1610s). Astronomical globular cluster attested from 1806.
权威例句
1. The globular seed capsule contains numerous small seeds.
这种球形种子荚里含有大量的小种子。
2. A study of many globular clusters gives another important bit of information.
对许多球状星团进行研究之后,使我们得到一些重要信息.
3. For this purpose the study of globular clusters is most instructive.
在这个问题上球状星团的研究最富有指导意义.
4. There is no absolutely sharp cutoff distinguishing galaxies from globular clusters.