germ

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n. 细菌, 种子, 生殖细胞, 根源 [医] 芽胞, 胚, 胚芽, 病菌

发音

UK /d͡ʒɜːm/
US /d͡ʒɝm/

词形变化

germs 复数 germs germed germing germs 三单 germing 现在分词 germed 过去式 germed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

胚芽，萌芽；细菌

动词

萌芽

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud, spore, or zygote.

    The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ.

    生物
  2. 2.

    The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud, spore, or zygote.

    The small mass of cells from which a part of an organism develops, or a macroscopic but immature form of that part; a bud.

    生物

    surgical removal of germs of wisdom teeth

  3. 3.

    A pathogen: a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.

    细菌

    菌

  4. 4.

    The origin or earliest version of an idea or project.

    比喻

    the germ of civil liberty

  5. 5.

    An equivalence class that includes a specified function defined in an open neighborhood.

    数学
v.
  1. 1.

    To germinate.

  2. 2.

    To grow, as if parasitic.

    俚语

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

source bug seed microbe

上位词 3

structure inspiration microorganism

下位词 2

muse taproot

相关短语

germ cell [医] 生殖细胞, 胚细胞 germ warfare n. 细菌战争 germ pore 芽孔，萌发孔 germ plasm [医] 种质, 胚质 germ layer [医] 胚层, 生殖层 germ cells [医] 生殖细胞, 胚细胞 germ theory of disease germ pores germ layers germ tube [医] 发芽管 germ tubes germ line 种系 germ lines germ theory [医] 病菌学说 germ history

词源

From Middle French germe, from Latin germen (“bud, seed, embryo”). Doublet of germen.

来源：wiktionary