germ

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /d͡ʒɜːm/    美 /d͡ʒɝm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
  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.
    — surgical removal of germs of wisdom teeth
  3. A pathogen: a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.
    — 'This again,' said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, 'is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera - the cholera germ.'
  4. The origin or earliest version of an idea or project. figuratively
    — the germ of civil liberty
  5. An equivalence class that includes a specified function defined in an open neighborhood.
动词 v.
  1. To germinate.
    — Thus tempted, the lust to avenge me / Germed inly and grew.
  2. To grow, as if parasitic. slang
    — I’m addicted, want to germ inside your love

词形变化

germs plural germs present,singular,third-person germing participle,present germed participle,past germed past

词汇关系

衍生词
antigerm apical germ pore degerm epithelial germ germband germ cell germ-free germ history germicidal germicide germ layer germless germlike germline germling germogen germophobe germophobia germophobic germ-plasm germ plasm germ pore germproof germ-ridden germ theory germ theory of disease germ tube germule germ warfare germy multigerm pangermist wheat germ
相关词
dysgerminoma german germane germen germinal germinate germination germinative germinoma bacteria microbe parasite virus

词源

词源 1
From Middle French germe, from Latin germen (“bud, seed, embryo”). Doublet of germen.
词源 2
From Middle French germe, from Latin germen (“bud, seed, embryo”). Doublet of germen.
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