单词 | germ-like |
释义 | > as lemmasgerm-like germ-like adj. ΚΠ 1789 T. Holcroft tr. J. C. Lavater Ess. Physiognomy III. vi. 143 To me it appears that something germ-like [Ger. etwas keimliches], or a whole capable of receiving the human form, must, previously, exist in the mother. 1839 Ann. Nat. Hist. 3 460 Many of the latter possess similar seed-like bodies or sporidia, as well as the locomotive germ-like bodies or sporules. 1894 C. S. Ashley in Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 458 Industrial society, like all other organisms, begins with a simple germ-like state. 1965 Times 22 Oct. 18/5 To analyse the music is to discover its consistent emphasis on the arguable possibilities of a few germlike patterns. 2002 Jrnl. Social Hist. 35 764 Drugs may be akin to germ-like pathogens but they don't affect everyone in the same way. < as lemmas |
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