1929, coined in English by Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), who first recognized its antibiotic properties, from Modern Latin Penicillium notatum (1867), the name of the mould from which it was first obtained, from Latin penicillus "paintbrush" (see pencil (n.)), in reference to the shape of the mould cells.
雙語例句
1. I should have asked him for a shot of penicillin.
我應當讓他給我打一針青霉素的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. She injected the patient with penicillin.
她給病人注射了青霉素.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Penicillin was an extremely significant medical discovery.
青霉素是極其重要的醫學發現.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Penicillin cured him of his pneumonia.
青霉素治好了他的肺炎.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Fleming discovered penicillin by accident in 1928.