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。

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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.

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3. Relating to or caused by a flagellate organism.

鞭毛虫原生生物的一个属.

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