flagellate
英 ['fl?d?(?)le?t]
美 ['fl?d??let]
- adj. 鞭狀的；[生物] 有鞭毛的
- vt. 鞭打
- n. [無脊椎] 鞭毛蟲
中文詞源
flagellate 鞭笞來自PIE*bhlag, 擊打，鞭笞，詞源同flail, flog.
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. From that day on, the farmer would not flagellate his ox anymore.
- 從那天起，農夫再也不鞭打牛了。
來自辭典例句
- 2. A single - celled microorganism, especially a flagellate protozoan of the genus Monas.
- 單胞體 單細胞 的微生物, 尤指單''.'胞'. ''蟲類的有鞭毛的原生動物.
來自互聯網
- 3. Relating to or caused by a flagellate organism.
- 鞭毛蟲原生生物的一個屬.
來自互聯網