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flagellate

英 ['flædʒ(ə)leɪt] 美['flædʒəlet]
  • adj. 鞭状的;[生物] 有鞭毛的
  • vt. 鞭打
  • n. [无脊椎] 鞭毛虫

GRE

词态变化


第三人称单数: flagellates;过去式: flagellated;过去分词: flagellated;现在分词: flagellating;名词: flagellation;

中文词源


flagellate 鞭笞

来自PIE*bhlag, 击打,鞭笞,词源同flail, flog.

英英释意


1. usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some pathogens of humans and other animals

英文词源


flagellate (v.)
"to whip, scourge," 1620s, from Latin flagellatus, past participle of flagellare "to scourge, lash" (see flagellum). Related: Flagellated; flagellating. An earlier verb for this in English was flagellen (mid-15c.; see flail (v.)).
flagellate (adj.)
1851, from flagellum + -ate (1).

实用场景例句


Relating to or caused by a flagellate organism.
鞭毛虫原生生物的一个属.

期刊摘选

From that day on, the farmer would not flagellate his ox anymore.
从那天起,农夫再也不鞭打牛了。

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