英语词汇“strain”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

strain²

(strān)

1. Biology

a. A group of bacteria or viruses that are genetically distinct from other groups of the same species.

b. A group of cultivated plants or domestic animals of the same species that have distinctive characteristics but are not considered a separate breed or variety.

a. The collective descendants of a common ancestor; a race, stock, line, or breed.

b. Any of the various lines of ancestry united in an individual or a family; ancestry or lineage.

3. A kind or sort: imaginings of a morbid strain.

a. An inborn or inherited tendency or character: a strain of eccentricity in the family.

b. An inherent quality; a streak: "his upper-caste father, placid, inactive, with a strain of asceticism" (V.S. Naipaul).

5. The tone, tenor, or substance of a verbal utterance or of a particular action or behavior: spoke in a passionate strain.

6. often strains Music A passage of expression; a tune or an air: melodic strains of the violin.

a. A passage of poetic and especially lyrical expression.

b. An outburst or a flow of eloquent or impassioned language.

[Middle English strene, from Old English strēon, something gained, progeny; see ster-² in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

单词	strain
释义	strain² (strān) n. 1. Biology a. A group of bacteria or viruses that are genetically distinct from other groups of the same species. b. A group of cultivated plants or domestic animals of the same species that have distinctive characteristics but are not considered a separate breed or variety. 2. a. The collective descendants of a common ancestor; a race, stock, line, or breed. b. Any of the various lines of ancestry united in an individual or a family; ancestry or lineage. 3. A kind or sort: imaginings of a morbid strain. 4. a. An inborn or inherited tendency or character: a strain of eccentricity in the family. b. An inherent quality; a streak: "his upper-caste father, placid, inactive, with a strain of asceticism" (V.S. Naipaul). 5. The tone, tenor, or substance of a verbal utterance or of a particular action or behavior: spoke in a passionate strain. 6. often strains Music A passage of expression; a tune or an air: melodic strains of the violin. 7. a. A passage of poetic and especially lyrical expression. b. An outburst or a flow of eloquent or impassioned language. [Middle English strene, from Old English strēon, something gained, progeny; see ster-² in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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