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
中文词源
flagellate 鞭笞来自PIE*bhlag, 击打，鞭笞，词源同flail, flog.
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).
双语例句
- 1. 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。
来自辞典例句
- 2. A single - celled microorganism, especially a flagellate protozoan of the genus Monas.
- 单胞体 单细胞 的微生物, 尤指单''.'胞'. ''虫类的有鞭毛的原生动物.
来自互联网
- 3. Relating to or caused by a flagellate organism.
- 鞭毛虫原生生物的一个属.
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