germ

英 [dʒɜːm] 美 [dʒɜːrm]

• n. 细菌；微生物；胚芽

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]微生物; 病菌,细菌

   very small living thing which is harmful

2. [C](某事的)根源,发端

   beginning; root

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 萌芽
2. 起源，起点，根源
3. 微生物
4. 病菌，细菌，病原菌
5. 【生】胚芽，胚原基，胚，胚胎，芽胞，幼芽，芽，种子
6. 病原体
7. 发生的可能

v. 动词

1. <喻>萌芽，发芽，发生

英英释义

Noun:

1. anything that provides inspiration for later work

2. a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism

3. a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Germs may invade the organism.
   细菌会侵入有机体。
2. Germs are invisible to the naked eye.
   细菌用肉眼看不见。
3. Disinfectant kills germs.
   消毒剂灭杀细菌。
4. This is a ubiquitous germ that lives in nature and can be found in the soil or water.
   这是一种在自然界普遍存在的微生物，甚至在土壤和水源中都可以存在。
5. People found the normal method of sterility can not destroy some of virus and germ thoroughly, and radiation sterility is the best way to solve this problem.
   人们发现普通的消毒手段不能彻底消除细菌和微生物，射线是解决这个问题最好的办法。
6. This beetle eats mainly the germ of the grain.
   这种甲虫主要吃谷物的胚芽。
7. A germ is the earliest form of a living thing.
   胚芽是生物的最早形式。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Colds are spread by germs.
   感冒由细菌传播。
2. Wheat germ is very health-giving.
   小麦的胚芽对增进健康很有好处。
3. I have the germ of an idea.
   我有一个初步的想法。

经典引文

• A strong oak, doth from its boughs shed down The ripe germs of a forest.

  出自： J. R. Lowell

• The ageless germ of a patriarchal race ran in his blood-stream.

  出自： P. Gallico

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• carry germs 带病菌
• destroy germs 扑灭细菌
• discover germs 发现病菌
• isolate germs 分离病原体

形容词+～

• air-borne germs 空气传播的病菌
• disease-bearing germs 病菌

～+名词

• germ bomb 细菌炸弹
• germ carrier 带菌者
• germ warfare 细菌战
• germ weapon 细菌武器

介词+～

• free from germs 消过毒的
• in germ 处在萌芽状态

～+介词

• germ of an idea 初步的想法
• germ of arithmetic 算术的基础
• germ of life 生命的起源

词源解说

• ☆ 15世纪中期进入英语，直接源自中古英语的germe，意为菌，胚芽。

近反义词

【近义词】

• cause
• seed