中英互译
germ
英 /dʒɜːm/美 /dʒɜːrm/
基本释义
- n.病菌，细菌；起源，萌芽；极少量；胚芽，胚胎
复数germs
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词语例句
病菌，细菌cn.
四级Disinfectant can kill any germs.
消毒剂能杀菌。
An urban food myth contends that if food spends just a few seconds on the floor, dirt and germs won't have much of a chance to contaminate it.
一个都市食物传奇里提到，如果食物只在地板上停留几秒钟，灰尘和细菌就不太有可能弄脏它。
起源，萌芽cn. (常sing.)
This was the germ of a book.
这是一本书的创作萌芽。
极少量cn.
She told me a germ of truth.
她和我讲了一点点道理。
胚芽，胚胎cn.
The germ of the grain tastes good.
这种谷物的胚芽尝起来不错。
- This was the germ of a book.这是一本书的创作萌芽。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- There was a thick growth of staph germ.葡萄球菌的胚芽生长得很茂盛。
- The germ of protest has continued to spread.抗议行动的胚芽还在四处蔓延。
相关短语
- in germ[比喻]处于初级阶段，处于萌芽阶段
- wheat germ小麦的胚芽，麦芽
- germ cell[生]生殖细胞；胚细胞
- wheat germ oil[植]麦胚油
- germ plasm[生]种质；胚质；生殖细胞的细胞质；遗传物质
- tooth germ牙胚
- Wheat Germ Oil小麦胚芽油；麦子胚芽油；麦芽油；小麦胚油
- germ cell生殖细胞；胚细胞；种质细胞
- wheat germ小麦胚芽；麦芽粉；小麦胚芽油；麦芽
- germ layer胚层；生死层
- Germ cell tumor生殖细胞瘤；生殖细胞肿瘤；小儿生殖细胞瘤
词语扩展
词义分布
细菌
47.2%
胚芽
43.2%
萌芽
9.6%
英英释义
- n.anything that provides inspiration for later work
- n.a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism
- n.a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
- n.a very small living thing that can cause disease or illness
细菌；病菌- This chemical is used for killing germs.这种化学物用于杀菌。
词源
- germ来自中世纪法语germe, 来自拉丁语germen("bud, seed, embryo").
- germ细菌，萌芽来自拉丁语germen, 来自词根gen, 生育，萌芽，词源同generate. 字母n在m前r 化，比较carcinogen, 来自cancer. 后用于科学术语，细菌。
- germ细菌；微生物；胚芽germ可指“胚芽”，同源的germinate指“发芽”都暗示我们其根义为“生，产生”。ger-的原型为gen-，受后面的-m音的影响，n异化为了r。词根-gen-（生）造词功能很强大，简单举例如gene（基因）。germ"微生物"，个人揣测：微生物是生命的最初形态。