单词 | petri dish |
释义 | Petri dish (petrɪ dɪʃ) Word forms: plural Petri dishes countable noun A Petri dish is a flat dish with a lid, used in laboratories for producing cultures of microorganisms. petri dish in British Englishshallow glass dish used for cultures of bacteria Petri dish in British English (ˈpɛtrɪ) noun (sometimes without capital) a shallow circular flat-bottomed dish, often with a fitting cover, used in laboratories, esp for producing cultures of microorganisms Word origin C19: named after J. R. Petri (1852–1921), German bacteriologistpetri dish in American English (ˈpitri) [also P- d-] a very shallow, cylindrical, transparent glass or plastic dish with an overlapping cover, used for the culture of microorganisms Word origin after J. R. Petri (1852-1921), Ger bacteriologistExamples of 'petri dish' in a sentence |
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