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
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中文词源

flagellate 鞭笞

来自PIE*bhlag, 击打，鞭笞，词源同flail, flog.

英语词源

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).

权威例句

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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