germ
英 [dʒɜ:m] 美 [dʒɜrm]

n.

[生]幼芽，胚芽；微生物；起源，萌芽；

变形

复数：germs

双语释义

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

英英释义

germ[ dʒə:m ]

• n.
  • anything that provides inspiration for later work

    同义词：sourceseed

  • a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism
  • a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

    同义词：microbebug

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

词组短语

in germ[比喻]处于初级阶段，处于萌芽阶段

wheat germ小麦的胚芽，麦芽

germ cell[生]生殖细胞；胚细胞

wheat germ oil[植]麦胚油

germ plasm[生]种质；胚质；生殖细胞的细胞质；遗传物质

tooth germ牙胚

germ warfare细菌战

germ tube发芽管，萌发管

更多收起词组短语

同近义词辨析

bacteria, germ, virus, bug, microbe

这组词都有“致病的微生物”的意思，其区别是：

bacteria(系bacterium的复数形式)，泛指任何在动植物体中广泛传播的微生物细菌，其中有的对生命体无害，有的能导致传染病或严重疾病，如天花、霍乱等。

germ微生物的俗称，专指引起人体生命的病菌。

virus技术用语，特指病毒或过滤性病原体。

bug非正式用词，指细菌或由病毒所引起的传染病。

microbe本义指在显微镜下才能见到的微生物，现在多指引起疾病的细菌。

双语例句

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。

权威例句

Germ-line mutations in nonsyndromic pheochromocytoma
Germ-line mutations of the RET proto-oncogene in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A
Spermatogenesis following male germ-cell transplantation
Formation of germ-line chimaeras from embryo-derived teratocarcinoma cell lines.
Germ-line transmission of a mutated p53 gene in a cancer-prone family with Li-Fraumeni syndrome.
Absence of PTEN/MMAC1 germ-line mutations in sporadic Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome.
Mechanisms underlying the resistance to diet-induced obesity in germ-free mice
An optimized transgenesis system for Drosophila using germ-line-specific phiC31 integrases
Chapter 1:Epigenetic Transgenerational Actions of Endocrine Disruptors through the Male Germ-Line
EGO-1 is related to RNA-directed RNA polymerase and functions in germ-line development and RNA interference in C. elegans.